I saw the movie on Sunday - or at least the first two hours. It was upsetting to me that Spielberg put so much effort in portraying the Palestinians as nice, cultured people that just do what the Jews did too? At least he was not hostile to Jews - the way he was more than willing to justify the Palestinians. When you are in a surviving mode you should not try to justify your enemies motives - if you do you will not survive. Every time people like Spielberg (who mean well) offer a hand they lose their teeth. They take whatever offering of peace Jews offer and it only wet their appetites as it proves their strategy of terror works. In that part of the world they respect only a strong hand - the peace offerings is a sign of the weakness.
One irony though is that he often injects a noticable Jewish angle or symbolism in his flicks....we have even had threads here on that very topic....but apparently, he has a hard time resisting equivocating though when it counts...and it most certainly did here: Mossad=Good, Pali Terrs=Bad....how on earth could he confuse that?
anyhow, in his favor....i don't think he did this to sell the movie easier to muzzies worldwide...and he is no doubt the most prolific Producer and Director in Hollyweird.....he and Mel Gibson arguably...Yin and Yang....and the Howard-Grazer team too....in the middle..safe
Did you walk out?