Comparing The Israel And The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict In The Film 'Promises'

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The Jews in Israel and the Arabs in Palestine are having an ongoing conflict about who should own the shared land as a whole, which is in the Middle East region. This conflict is acknowledged by the world, but is the most confusing because of the two nations having an extremely complicated relationship. With the aim of trying to solve this unsteady problem, I will investigate a film called “Promises.” By watching these kids in the film that live in Israel or Palestine, it will help me understand more of how they think towards each other, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This essay will focus the obstacles of the two nations, aspects of a character in the film and how the two nations and the character in the film personifies the importance

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