From NPR.com:
Every American journalist knows that one topic that always gets you in trouble is Israel — even if you’re just reviewing movies. Over the years, I’ve gotten letters calling me pro-terrorist and anti-Semitic, a dupe of the Israel lobby and a Zionist racist, not to mention a coward who believes in moral equivalence. For a great many Americans, there’s only one true position on Israel, only one righteous side.
In Israel itself, people know better. A wonderful example of this is the gripping new film Ajami, which was written and directed by Scandar Copti — an Arab Israeli — and Yaron Shani, an Israeli Jew. The movie takes its name from its setting, the Ajami neighborhood in the port city of Jaffa, which is something of a bumper-car rink filled with daily collisions between Israeli Jews, Israeli Arabs — both Muslim and Christian — and Palestinians who’ve entered the country illegally.
Read the full story at NPR.com.
