This was a hard story to watch. Having been in Israel and having seen the devastation of a suicide bomber as well as the stoning of Palastinian children first-hand I can say that this movie is a emotional testament to the failure of the UN in this instance. The story seemed, to me, to have a more Israeli slant. There was much talk from the Israeli mother about peace but you couldn't help but see the point of the Palastinian mother when she asks what happened when the British tried to occupy America or in all of history when anyone has attempted to occupy another country. This movie glosses over the reasons for the Israeli/Palestinian conflict as well as the fact that America has not only given aid to Israel for decades but more aid than to any other country. It never mentions the fact that the US has just started, as of 2002, to give aid to the Palestinian cause and not in the amount given to Israel. I understand that they were attempting to put a human face on the subject but they must have forgotten that humans are largely governed by emotion and emotion is often NOT the solution to a problem. I think that they would have done well to put in some historical and financial facts about the situation. Without these facts it may seem more than a bit biased to someone who is not familiar with the history of the Israeli/Palistinian conflict.
Review of To Die in Jerusalem
