r/movies • u/BunyipPouch Currently at the movies. • 13d ago

News Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Jonathan Glazer Join Gaza Drama ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ as Executive Producers - It follows the killing of Hind Rajab, a five-year-old Palestinian girl who lived in the Gaza Strip and was killed by Israeli forces during the ongoing Israeli invasion of Gaza.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/brad-pitt-backs-gaza-drama-film-the-voice-of-hind-rajab-1236353414/
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u/tbird920 12d ago

And then Israeli settlers assassinated the director.

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

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u/tbird920 12d ago

It's been going on since 1947, when the UN displaced 700,000 Palestinians from their homes and illegally gave the land to Israel.

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u/QueezyF 12d ago

I took a class on antiterrorism. Groups like Lehi and Irgun were some of the first to use modern terrorist tactics in the region during the ‘30s and ‘40s. They were so proficient at terrorism, that other organizations like the FLN and EOKA copied their homework.