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| New Film: The Making of a Martyr |
| 2007-06-02 |
| Film maker Brooke Goldstein traveled to the West Bank and filmed more than five hours of interviews with terrorists and their brainwashed children. She went into it believing the situation had been exaggerated—but found it was worse than she could have imagined: Recruited To Die. As the group walked through the town, they spoke to Palestinian Arab children in schools and on the street. “Our fixer was encouraging us to speak with the children. I think I’d always, deep down, had a hard time thinking the problem was really that bad. I thought maybe it was a lunatic fringe,” she said. In fact, the fanaticism was worse than she ever imagined. “The most shocking thing was reconciling the normal appearance of these kids and what was coming out of their mouths,” she said. “I was holding these beautiful children in my lap, and my translator was translating words of hate.” The story was always the same. “No child ever said, ‘I don’t want to be a martyr.’ They talked about fame, paradise, virgins, and Ferris wheels [after death]. They were happy to tell me they hated Jews,” she said. The children were more fanatical than their parents. “When we interviewed Hussam’s family for the film, his parents were distraught. They don’t believe in this whole child suicide bomber concept,” Ms. Goldstein said. “Then I interviewed his sister, who was like, ‘I’m so proud of my brother. Hamas says he’s a hero.’ At one point she had a loser, dwarf, mentally handicapped brother. Now she’s the coolest girl in class, and very proud.” In addition to the children, Ms. Goldstein interviewed Mr. Zubeidah, commander of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in Jenin. At the time, the Israel Defense Forces had made five attempts to assassinate him. In person, Mr. Zubeidah was not the harsh figure she had expected. “It was like talking to any other kid, about 27 years old,” she said. “He was smiling. My translator told me, ‘He’s talking about killing Jews.’” “The Making of a Martyr” is being shown at the Brooklyn International Film Festival on Saturday and Tuesday. |
| Posted by:Unaiper Sholumble8760 |
| #5 Every radical Muslim cleric should be tried for crimes against humanity for the indoctrination of children in the values of a death cult. The only way to save generations which are not even born yet is to break the grip of their perverted ideology. |
| Posted by: Grumenk Philalzabod0723 2007-06-02 06:15 |
| #4 I take it this won't be in the Cannes film festival. Should be shown on every network continuously for a week. But the MSM will simply ignore it. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2007-06-02 01:15 |
| #3 The children were more fanatical than their parents. Just one more reason why there is no longer any such thing as collateral civilian deaths for the Palestinians. Every single one of them could die tomorrow and this world would not have lost anything of worth. The Palestinians are a blot upon humanity and have no place on this planet. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-06-02 00:32 |
| #2 Recruited to Die. The American title is "March of the Lemmings." A movie we hope does not come to a theater near you. It might wake up those that have been asleep in the West or that are apologists for the Religion of Peace. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-06-02 18:39 |
| #1 It's pity Brooke didn't take a peek at the text books and lesson plans in the school as she spoke to the children and remember that children's ideas come from someone else. They talked about fame, paradise, virgins, and Ferris wheels [after death] Virgins for the big boys. Ferris wheels for the tots. Charming. ‘I’m so proud of my brother. Hamas says he’s a hero.’ At one point she had a loser, dwarf, mentally handicapped brother. Now she’s the coolest girl in class, and very proud.” And her loser, dwarf, mentally-handicapped, terribly embarassing brother is dead. Double win for the cool girl on campus! |
| Posted by: Thinemp Whimble 2007-06-02 13:24 |