To Die in Jerusalem

The film doesn't compare the two sides, especially in a moral sense, but it does show the story of both mothers - the mother of suicide bomber and the mother of Israeli victim. Even more so, the film is a journey of Abigail, the mother of the Israeli victim, to try and meet with the mother of the Palestinian suicide bomber...it is a very brave and courageous act of a grieving mother who not only wants to find answers to the death of her daughter, but also wants to find solutions to the conflict.

Posted by: Sally at Oct 30, 2007 8:27:24 PM

no moral equivalence was made between the two girls. and what i found saddest in the piece was that due to the parents constantly lying about what drove their daughter to commit such a heinous act, we will never know her motivations. but golda meir once said "Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us." and from listening to ayat's parents...that time is not yet upon us

Posted by: uncle joe mccarthy at Nov 6, 2007 9:51:47 AM

Golda Meir was a racist.Everyone loves their children. If Golda Meir were such a humanitarian she couldn't have sanctioned the deaths, rapine, divestment and ethnic cleansing that characterized the founding of the modern state if Israel, and continues to this day. It's an easy thing to say "I don't want to talk politics" when the politics in question protect you and you alone.

Posted by: Edward at Mar 15, 2010 6:36:11 PM