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Tears of Gaza Uploaded by Dr. Arthur F. Billy

Posted by Arthur Billy on October 21, 2013
To the Brave Palestinian cameramen and Norwegian Director Vibeke Lّkkeberg who created the movie
Disturbing, powerful and emotionally devastating, TEARS OF GAZA presents the Operation Cast Lead Massacre from 9-27-2008 to 1-18-2009 and bombing of Gaza by the Israeli military. Photographed by Palestinian cameramen both during and after the offensive, this powerful film by Norwegian Director Vibeke Løkkeberg focuses on the impact of the attacks on the civilian population.

The film shuttles between the actual bombings and the aftermath on the streets and in the hospitals. The footage of the bombs landing is indelible and horrifying, White phosphorous bombs rain over families and children, leaving bodies too charred to be identified. The footage is extremely graphic and includes burnt children’s bodies.

Years of economic embargo have left the Gaza deprived of resources and have strained an already impoverished infrastructure. The wounded are carried to hospitals for lack of ambulances, and an absence of fire trucks leaves homeowners to put out fires on their own. Decades of Israeli military activity have made the population angry, nihilistic and vengeful. As one young boy says, “Even if they give us the world, we will not forget.”

Løkkeberg contrasts these scenes with footage of bachelor parties, weddings and visits to the beach, social activities that epitomize daily life in Gaza during more peaceful times. Tears of Gaza makes no overriding speeches or analyses. The situation leading up to the Operation Cast Lead is not mentioned. It’s a useful method for highlighting the effects of the violence on the civilian population. Tears of Gaza shows the effects of war on a civilian populace. The result is horrifying, gut‐wrenching and unforgettable.

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Arthur Billy is Jewish rebel in WW2.Is it self defense to remove them.We shall not kill but ritual murder can be put to death.Half of my country is catholic I am a German Christian Catholic who stand for no violence but I would like to defend my home country.please write back.
 
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