In the sense that one (occupation) begets the other (resistance), Ok. By the way, the occupation involves exponentially greater violence against civilians than the desperate knifings, or the tin-pot projectiles that Hamas shoots on their bottle rockets.

She’s a representative of a party that has brutally oppressed and carried out war on another people. The Labor party of Israel has been at the forefront of the settlement enterprise. None of this is addressed in this feather-handed interview.

A whole feature on an Israeli parliamentarian without once using the word “occupation”? And wow, a whole 3 meaty paragraphs on Palestinians—in which they are only bemoaned for being backwards etc. Why not do a feature on a Palestinian feminist lawmaker like Khalida Jarrar...? Oh right, she’s been imprisoned by a…

Creepy Afghan warlords are almost always funny characters. If you want to see Molina being funny, watch Not Without My Daughter (the prequel to this film).

So far it looks like this hilarious comedy’s takeaways are: “war is fun”, “war is where you get your mojo back”, “Americans are funny when they occupy other countries”... is that about right? Am I missing anything else?