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ELITE
Vol.1, Issue 48, October 2022

The summer of 2000 had come to an end and the second
intifada or the Al-Aqsa Intifada began on September 28.
The intifada began in response to the Israeli Likud
party’s storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque led by Ariel
Sharon in the protection of two thousand Israeli soldiers
on September 27 for declaring it an Israeli zone. The
worshipers resisted, resulting in the death of 7
Palestinians and the wounding of about 250, compared to
13 injured Israelis. On the thirtieth of the same month,
which is only two days after the beginning of the
Intifada, the Arabs woke up to the tragedy of killing the
eleven-year-old child, Muhammad al-Durra, in his
father’s arms. But what does the defenseless father's arm
do in front of a torrent of treachery bullets After Muhammad Al-Durra was martyred, this has
ignited the fuse of anger and awakened the Palestinian
resistance so this date has became engraved in the
memory of every Arab.
The stones of the Palestinian resistance have always
faced the tanks of the occupier in an unjust war and in
the silence of the international community. Despite this,
, the determination of these proud people was never
broken. According to the Palestinian News and
Information Agency, the number of martyrs between
3/10/2015 and 2/10/2022 amounted to 1127 martyrs,
including 229 children, which represents about 20.3%
of the total number of martyrs.
A year has passed since the beginning of the Al-Aqsa
Intifada, and the summer films start getting released, and
so is the movie "Friends or Business", which tells the
story of Karim and Tariq, broadcasters of entertainment
programs, they cared only about their success only, but
Karim's view of things changes after the outbreak of the
second intifada and his travel to the Palestinian territories
to cover the events, and the events of the film moves in
this direction.
And other films such as "Andaleeb of Dokki" and
"Awlad Al-Am" and others. All of these are films that
have shaped our consciousness in one way or another,
some of them referred to the subject, even if it was a
comedy film, and some of them based their story on the
events in Palestine.
Where is the cinema from reality now? Does it talk about
the crimes of the occupation? Are social media platforms
enough for confrontation? And what is the fate of the
current generation? Does this generation know who
Muhammad al-Durra is? Will this generation mature
without knowing its real enemy? Does it return to the
appearance of Israeli models with them in the image of
angels of peace? How does the current generation see the
Palestinian cause? Too many questions, and all are
missing answers.

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