Any educated person in the US and abroad should know that Hollywood is full of people who make political claims, but yet have no reasonable backing to those claims. Remember Jane Fonda during the vietnam war??? These people are so disconnected with reality and have very radical views when it comes to the middle east. Fortunately, for all of us who actually know what's going on and really care for the state of Israel (the only democracy in the region), these peoples' opinions don't mean much. Anyone who is swayed by Hollywood's opinions should learn how to read a book, newsaper or watch the History channel. DR

So instead of saying Palestine the presenter shouldve said.. "The winner, Paradise Now from the Palestinian Authority!" lol Personally I wouldn't care if that change was made, and I don't think the Filmmaker would've minded at all either, the point is that he won and he won for a reason, call Palestine what you want, makes no difference to me, and I am Palestinian, so when you figure out a new name for us, just let me know, thanks.

Grow up and stop nagging like little babies........... Its almost an anuall event to have a Holocost movie win an award in Hollywood. So for once a Palesintinian movie won,,, big deal, and they named it a movie from palestine... SO WHAT, Did israel become less of a state by that action... Did any one claim that by calling that movie from Palestine, it meant you negate the state of israel.... Let them have their 15 min of fame in peace and with no bickering and childish talk....

You have to remember, some of the dumbest people in the world live in Hollywood. I've learned to tune out their incredible stupidity. Actors should just act and entertain us, then keep their mouths shut.

Where is the documentary about the Israeli families shattered by people blowing themselves up to kill unarmed civilians? I’m sure there is one. Someone has to have made it.

what is your problem? you always want israel alone to be praised at Hollywood. Why you people want to have it all. Shame on you!!!!

Your article disgusts me. There are at least 1 movie every year that is a zionist propaganda of some sort, that does not promote peace and coexistance, rather justifies occupation and human rights abuses in the Palestinian areas. Yes, there is a Palestine, whether other countries are willing to accpet that fact is irrelevant, peoples of the country are the ones who should determine their own destiny and future, not other countries like Israel and the USA who support occupation and killing Palestinians. Every movie has a purpose, Paradise Now was about talking about suicide bombers, not about any other specific topic.

Who ever wanted and who ever disagreed. This is the reality. The people of Palestine are like giants. It does not take them long time before they shake all the dirt that gets stuck on their land. Palestine has always been a burial place to its occupiers. From mongols, to crusader, and recently so-calling themselves Israelis who will never find any one legitimizing their occupation of this great land.

and was equally disgusted. I immediately changed the station after. On a sidenote, look at the picture of that doe-eyed idiot, Sarah Jessica Parker. Isn't she half Jewish? What a disgrace.

There is no palestine now, there never was an independent palestine, and if there is any justice in the world, there never will be a palestine either. All the Arabs should chip in and give thier "brothers" a bit of land to call home. Why should jews donate from thier tiny amount of land to a bunch of terrorists that only want to kill kill kill??? History clearly shows that the arabs never had and never will have any valid claim to this piece of land.

Even the official stance of the current Israeli government favors a Palestinian state, so why didn't Abu-Assad use the opportunity to oppose violence & promote compromise? "use of Paradise Now as a propaganda tool ...does great injustice to the film's content " YOU SAID IT ALL

the writer sounded like a child in the school from a rich family , used to blackmail the teachers to have the best notes by force , and once one teacher didn't care about the power of the child's family and he gave the best notes to another child .. so here started the reach child to scream and to cry ... and to promiss the teacher with big punishment .... this child is used to blackmail ... and asking how come that a poor one gets better notes than me the rich one ... he didn't care if he is good and clever or not ... just because he is poor ... this rich child will never live in peace as long as he do not axept the truth that not allways with money and power he can buy Justice .

I would like to propose that "paradise Now" won the Golden Globe Award for the same reason that "Brokeback Mountain" won it. amd "King Kong" did not. The large gorilla was not a homosexual. This whole things, in other words, reflects the ongoing ultra-left perversion of Hollywood. They have hijacked the movie industry.

The latest stunt took place in Hollywood, but make no mistake, if it weren't for the 30 million Christian Zionists in this country, we would be ridiculed even further. Arab Propaganda has successfully infiltrated or media, universities, pop culture, government and now Hollywood, the last bastion of an industry we once influenced.

how about "terroristastan"? That's appropriate

G-D commanded: "YOU SHALL NOT MURDER" The jihad against Israel is global! The movie gives great encouragement to Islamofascists that murdering Jewish innocents gains the approval of international prizes. Israel is one part of the global jihad in the Thirld World War for world domination and subjugation by Islam. Approving the murder of Jewish innocents will result in a massive increase in the number of human bomber murderers throughout the world. Do only death merchants make movies? Where are movies on: The heroic security guards who block Muslim human bombers with their own bodies. Willing to give up their lives in order to save innocents. Jews and Jewish doctors who spent their lives helping others, savagely snuffed out by Muslim human bomb assassins. The great love between husbands and wives stolen by Muslim human bombers. One heart-broken Jewish woman said of her murdered husband: "G-d gave him to me. G-d took him away. I had the privilege of being his wife." Gadi Shemesh, 34, and his wife Tzippora, 29, pregnant with twins, were murdered by a homicide bomber on King George Street in Jerusalem. Their little daughters left orphaned. One of the orphans often picks up the phone, pretending to call her father, "Where are you? Why don't you come home?" The condition of the survivors of Islamic barbaric attacks is often horrifying. Paradise Now aggressively seeks to legitimize and encourage the savage maiming and murders of Jewish innocents. Is it true that Israel's government financed Paradise Now with Israeli tax dollars? Palestinian Authority society are taught murdering Jews is the highest goal in life and attains Paradise. http://www.pmw.org.il/AFD.html

Just because you steal a country, it doesn't mean that it doesn't exisit any more. Palestine exisited before you were born

Oh shut up both of you, you're both a bunch of hypocritical manipulative spin-doctors. 1) Bob: There has been more of a Palestine in History than there ever has been an Israel. Palestine has been around since about 650 AD till the 1400s, when the Ottoman Empire annexed it. Then it became palestine again when palestinians freed it with the promise of it being 100% theirs, a promise they got from England and never fulfilled. Linda, you're giving me about a dozen cases, may you PLEASE remind me about how many palestinians have died since 48 due to your neo-holocaustic actions. How many MILLIONS of palestinians have lost their homes to make room for your villas. And finally, how many UN resolutions you've failed to abide by, while we are still bound by Oslo. And about Hamas, and the suicide bombers, do these leaders sound any more tolerant??? http://www.abbc.net/historia/zionism/quotes.html

In order for the israeli to survive in the middle east they must have peace with the palistanian. Like it or not, the palistainian will rise again in time and have a palistinian state in palistine for all people. The sooner you understand reality the sooner peace will come

Let them learn to treat their sick first instead of sending them to the Jewish Israel to seek treatment.

Remember the Giant Goliath? He was a Philistiine or Palestinian and look what little David did to him! Yes, Palestine forever and where are you going to work, and earn a living and get medical treatment? You are fools if you think that Israel will be destroyed. Its time that you saw the writing on the wall. You have, with all hatred, destroyed everything you had. If had put half the effort you put into hatred into building your future, your people would not be living in squalor and poverty. Palestinian, look at your Arab friends in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Syria and the Emirates. Are they rushing to help you? No, they know that you will waste everything on your stupid hated of Israel. Have a look, where did they build the new Doha Stadium, not in Ramallah, Palestine but in Sachnin, Israel. Wake up and smell the roses!

There has never been a Palestine, that is an invention by the Romans, we have been here for four thousands years, not you. We built Jerusalem, not you, we built Hevron, Schem and just about every old city here, not you. We have suffered occupations, Egyptian, Persian, Greek, Roman, we have suffered two thousand years of exile to return here, not you. Infact friend, if you look up your family roots you will most likely end up in Saudia, Egypt, Syria and the likes, if I do, I will end up in Marroco, Spain and eventually Israel, if you happen by some mircale to trace your roots here you are also an invader, in 640 the muslims conquered Israel, not Palestine, and after a few decades of occupation they decided they needed to prove their religion's supiriority so they shoved two mosques on the most sacred place to us, not you. Do not say "The people of Palestine", by saying that you are actually saying "The people of Israel", the Jews you hate so much, the pride you take in this country is not yours, when you are proud of this country you are proud of what we, the Jews have done, remember that, every day, every minute, every time you scream "Biruh, bidam nifdiki filstin!" and consider yourself lucky that you are granted part of what is not yours. Enjoy it.

Mr. Sever Plocker you sound like a whining child, playing police.....what a fuss about nothing...yes Palestine...no Palestine....who cares....in order to achieve peace in the middle east eventually there will be a country Palestine.

It really does not matter whether Israelis or Palestinians lived in the holy land earlier. The Israelis cannot stop the Palestinians from building a state and the Palestinians will not be able to destroy Israel. What should happen is that both peoples should live in coexistance and harmony. If Israelis have a problem with that, too bad, they are losing the demographic battle, and you know what that means.

Yeah, and we were the Palestinians, Basel. Anyway, you're right. Palestine exists, but it was renamed Jordan.

Of course Palestine has been around a long time. It's the name the Romans superimposed over Judea to erase the Jewish origins of the land, much like you clowns are still trying to do.

1. Israel is forever. 2. You will never allow Jews to live among you. 3. Why should we have you living amongst us? 4. Two lands for two people. 5. All Arabs in your country, Jews in ours. 6. Jerusalem is ours.

You idiot, it has ALWAYS been the Arabs that rejected Israel. Read a history book instead of going to your lefty talk groups.

The Palestinians are the indiginous population of the entire area encompassing present-day Israel & the occupied territory. Most are descendants of the ancient Cannanites [& Philistines, who were gradually absorbed into the much larger Cannanite population]. They were on the land through 2 Arab-Muslim dynasties, 400 years of Ottoman Turkish rule, & the British Mandate. Close to 700,000 Palestinians were ethnically cleansed from their ancestral homeland by the Zionist project. The purpose of the UN Partition [1948] was to create two states, one, Palestinian & one Jewish, side-by-side. Jerusalem was to be kept international. The 3 great Abrahamic religions [Judaism, Christianity, & Islam] had existed together in peace, in Jerusalem, under centuries of Muslem rule. Their is no question about the Palestinians lawful claim to the land.

hey you , you can not be polite when you speake to the others , you are the idiot one not the others ... hatress