Posted on 01/17/2014 7:36:23 PM PST by Olog-hai
Thursday’s Oscar nominations had some new language in the foreign language category: Nominee “Omar” was described as being from “Palestine,” a reference the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has carefully avoided in the past.
“Omar,” a drama set amid the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, was directed by Hany Abu-Assad, whose 2005 thriller “Paradise Now” was also nominated in the foreign language category. But after a tussle with the Israeli consulate in Los Angeles, the academy chose to refer to the film as a product of the “Palestinian Territories” or “Palestinian Authority,” rather than simply “Palestine.”
After hearing the news of his latest nomination and how it was identified, Abu-Assad said Thursday that having the academy refer to his entry as being from Palestine was a step in the right direction. …
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One day they’ll say where he’s REALLY from - probably Jordan.
The other day I had a lovely conversation with a “Palestinian” woman. We really did have a sweet conversation.
Turns out - after much probing - she had never been to “Palestine,” or Israel.
Finally:
“It is my homeland of the heart.”
Fair enough for a gal with two Iranian parents, educated (at Canada’s expense) in Montreal.
Not even an Arab, after claiming to be “Palestinian”, eh?
Tell her to drop the term “Iranian”; it’s a false term that means “Aryan”. She is Persian.
Not on her scholarship papers she isn’t!
“Oh! The Isra-el-is!”
There is no such place.
Being ignorant never goes out of fashion for the elites.....
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