What a sense of deja vu I had when I read Lisa Goldman’s puerile and silly review of this Israel bashing, anti Semitic, and largely fictional movie. I am a Viet Nam veteran, as well as a 14 year veteran of the Israel Defence Forces Medical Corps, and in all my service I have never seen the sorts of things Ms. Goldman describes in this movie, nor have I ever encountered IDF soldiers or officers who behaved in the manner she describes. Of course, the American Left said the same sorts of things about those of us Viet Nam vets, you know we were all baby killers, indiscriminate murderers of civilians, uncaring, drugged up, psychotic violence freaks of the lowest order who burned down entire villages with their inhabitants inside for the fun of it, and even produced large budget Hollywood movies “proving” these untrue and ridiculous charges.
I realize that Ms. Goldman actually lives in Israel, but I wonder which Israel she actually resides in. I am more than willing to bet that she has never in all her experience here met the sort of Israeli Jews that Mr. Folman depicts in his film. Further, I would suggest that Mr. Folman produced this film and financed it in Europe because he firmly believed that the lies and false characterizations he produced would bring him fame, fortune, and an Oscar. After all, he hates Israel, and knows full well that in the foreign market, and to some small extent the Israeli market, hammering Israel and and fomenting hatred of Israel is usually a sure way to make money. The trouble is he went to the United States, where most Americans have the sense to see through his falsehoods and fictions, and thus they didn’t award him a prize for his perverted, false, and twisted imaginary story of Israel.
I would suggest that Mr. Folman be ashamed of himself for the terrible movie he produced and the lies he has disseminated about Israel, but I know that as a Left wing Israeli Jew he has long since lost any sense of honor or honesty or even simple morality and has lost any sense of shame.
Again, I ask why does Pajamas Media continue to print the silly, puerile, ridiculous nonsense produced by Lisa Goldman? This woman clearly is totally out of touch with Israeli society and seems to get her news and commentary from the Haaretz newspaper, the smallest, most hard Left wing, most anti Israel and anti Jewish newspaper in Israel. Either that or she just makes this stuff up herself, which is just what Haaretz does too!
