"This film is about a nation of people: The Palestinians; forced off their land and later subjected to a military occupation by Israel, which is backed by a very powerful friend: The United States; the Palestinians have fought back; stateless and humiliated for so long, they've risen up against Israel's huge military machine, although they themselves have no army; no tanks, no american planes and gunships or missiles... This film is about the oldest human struggle: To Be Free."
John Pilger said it all, while my imagination was drawing pleasant, nostalgic parallels between his introduction and the introduction of Asterix's narrator: "In the year 50 B. C., all Gaul was under Roman occupation... All?.. Well, not exactly! There was that small village in Armorica surrounded by the 'X' and 'X' Roman legions, still resisting to the conqueror.." etc. Etc. Much more comfortable for one to reflect on how this fairy-tale village's case would've affected the future of colonialism for the world than to think of how this pukish murder-plan by the monsters of the zionist state (: nowadays having even reached the hubris of the nazi-inspired "final solution"!) will turn out for the Palestinian people...
I might be wrong, but I only have the wishful thought that the monster will eventually lose if humanity is to survive at all the inevitable collapse of the world's latest Empire (: the 'friend' of the monster). Amen.
This documentary is as precise, articulate and brief as Pilger's intro and definitely reaches its goals, to either raise consciousness and make you more interested in the Palestinian issue, or, (at-least and if-anything) make you understand a thing or two about it. When people have a matter-of-life-and-death truth to convey, their bravery for choosing to do so will most certainly guide them to the right path.
