Rafah: The Movie

[newyorican]

Well I fully expected this movie to be amateurish and a bit sappy, but I wasn't prepared for this. Terrible editing paired with lame scripted lines by quintessential American liberal upper-middle-class twenty-somethings and scruffy middle-aged Berkeley-looking professor-types made this a messy affair to watch. Fortunately, the images speak for themselves. The utter devastation wrought by the Israeli aggressors on civilian Rafah needs no narrative.

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Pictures are worth a thousand words, and this movie is proof. Just leave out the sappy Guns n' Roses and we're cool.

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Quicktime Movie

[newyorican]

1. Gaza Settler Reality Service...

Settler Reality Service Ahhh, Home, Sweet, Home...

[Gimel]

3. Clever

but of course the cleaning Gaza of Jews will not solve the problem.

[newyorican]

4. Glad you liked it...

It reminded me of you.

[Gimel]

5. Such little resemblance

but then I guess you have no one else to castigate.

I don't live in Gaza, but I do adamantly object to murder.

[Gimel]

2. Brutality of war

This is the reality of occupation, of a brutal war against a proud, ancient people.

There are two sides to every conflict. All people are proud and ancient. The Palestinians aren't anymore "ancient" than anyone else.

At least they are alive. The Palestinians assaults on Israelis left many more dead. Did you ever view the scene after a bus bombing?