How I Spent my Yom Ha'azmaut in America

Yom Ha'atzmaut. Israel's Independence Day. And I spent it watching the movie Paradise Now in my English class. So given that I was forced to watch this movie I might as well share my views on it.

Rubbish.

I always wanted to use that word, it makes me sound sophisticated (being a British word) and at the same time effectively expressing my disgust for the object I'm labeling. The movie was designed to make the viewer sympathetic to the Palestinian 'cause' and legitimize the suicide bombings against Jews. What I'm really frustrated about is the lack of voice on the opposite side, obviously the movie doesn't go into the Israeli side of a suicide bombing, but rather spends the entire time following two men around on the 24 hours before their terrorist attack. In the end, after a heated debate, one of them goes through with the attack while the other's guilty conscience gets to him.
According to Itamar Marcus (Palestinian Media Watch) the movie shows a "romanticized view of suicide terrorists " and anyone who goes the video section of
Palestinian Media Watch can see some of the actual statements these suicide terrorists say before they go and murder Jews.

Adham Ahmad Hujyla Abu Jandal
Prepared before Suicide attack on December 7, 2004
Published on Hamas website in February 2006

"My message to the loathed Jews is that there is no god but Allah [and] we will chase you everywhere! We are a nation that drinks blood, and we know that there is no blood better than the blood of Jews.
"We will not leave you alone until we have quenched our thirst with your blood, and our children's thirst with your blood. We will not leave until you leave the Muslim countries..."

Reem Riyashi
Prepared before Suicide attack on January 14, 2004
Published on Hamas website in January 2004

"I hoped that the shredded limbs of my body would be shrapnel, tearing the Zionists to pieces, knocking on Heaven's door with the skulls of Zionists...
"How often I spoke to my soul, 'O soul, if you loathe the Zionists, enemies of my religion, my blood shall be my path to march to Heaven. Since eighth grade I have striven, seeking people daily to guide, listen and help me...
"How often I dreamed, how often I desired to carry out a Shahada-seeking [suicide] operation inside Israel, and by perseverance, and with Allah's grace, my wish was fulfilled as I wanted."

Mu'min Rajab Rajab Abu Hafs
Prepared before Suicide attack on December 7, 2004
Published on Hamas website in February 2006

"In the name of Allah, we will destroy you, blow you up, take revenge against you, purify the land of you, pigs that have defiled our country... This operation is revenge against the sons of monkeys and pigs...
"I dedicate this wedding [i.e. death for Allah] to all of those who have chosen Allah as their goal, the Quran as their constitution and the Prophet [Muhammad] as their role model. Jihad is the only way to liberate Palestine -- all of Palestine -- from the impurity of the Jews...
"My dear mother, you who have cared for me, today I sacrifice my life to be your intercessor [on Judgment Day]. O my love and soul, wipe your tears, don't be saddened. In the name of Allah, I've achieve all that I've aspired. Don't let me see you sad on my wedding day with the Maidens of Paradise. So be happy and not sad, because in the name of Allah, after death is merciful Allah's paradise."

Bassem Al-Takrouri & Mujahid Al-Jabari
Prepared before Suicide attack on May 17, 2003
Published on Hamas website in February 2006

Bassem Al-Takrouri:
"Angels of mercy, escort our souls to Heaven after we fulfill this duty of crushing the descendents of monkeys and pigs. Dear father and mother, blessings of honor and respect to you, while you escort me to the Maidens of Paradise as a martyr."
Mujahid Al-Jabari:
"My brothers, youth of this nation, march on the way of Jihad and martyrdom-seeking. Carry the Quran in your right hand and your weapon in your left and go in the way of the Chosen [i.e. Muhammad]. Ask for death -- the life will be given to you."


As you can see the reason that they are fighting is not to "liberate Palestine," but to kill Jews, the goal is just that, to kill Jews.
They use all of the classic Arab Propaganda, 'we are living under occupation,' 'the Israeli's are so cruel to us,' blah, blah, blah.
If we were 'so cruel' to them and we wanted to destroy them, we would have done it a long time ago. This one fact should make it obvious to anyone that Israel wants peace with the Arabs. If the situation were in reverse, I don't the Jews would still be around, but unfortunately the PA government has done a great job at brainwashing them and the Western World.
I noticed one interesting point in the movie my classmates did not, that the people who were sent out on this mission were dirt poor. The 'top (rich) people' are sending out the poor people to die for their own personal cause.
This is not a new phenomenon the wealthy Arabs have been walking on the poor Arabs for centuries, and if the Western world knew that they wouldn't be so willing to support the Arabs cause.
On another note I have to remember that G0d controls everything and this is just the emeny of this generation. Where are the Roman? The Germans? The Greeks?
Gone
And we are still here.
And we will continue to be here.