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Arabs Will Hate "Munich"


(Ynet News) To most Arabs, Spielberg's film is just another part of the vast "Jewish media conspiracy." All I ever hear is that "the Jews control the media." It may be true that there are many more Jews in American journalism than there are Arabs. But who's stopping Arabs from becoming journalists? Part of the problem is the Arab world itself. Arabs come from societies that are not free in a real sense. The Arab world doesn't believe in free speech because if they did, Arab filmmakers would not only be making movies bashing Israel and promoting Arab and Palestinian causes, but they would also be bashing the tyrants who dominate our world. They would also be exposing the lies that drive the corruption of government and the sins of our society, such as honor killings and the restrictions we impose on women. The writer is a Palestinian American journalist.
2005-12-29 00:00:00
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