American filmmaker James Longley traveled to Gaza in January... In the press package Longley is careful not to take sides, but the constant barrage of artillery shells, the civilians' complaints, and the IMAGES OF CHILDREN CONVULSING FROM EXPOSURE TO NERVE GAS offer a ringing indictment of the Sharon government. The film focuses on Mohammed, an Arab boy who curses Jews for what they've done to his friends and family; near the end of the film he smiles at the camera and declares that he wants to martyr himself and attain paradise, a testament to the region's bleak future. (emphasis added)
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