everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Best movie ever!

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

It is upsetting to see so many use a film as a means of education on a very complex situation. Since there have been so many anti Israel comments I would like to share a few pro Israel points for everyone to think about.1) Can anyone name a country that is continuously attacked by missiles and suicide bombers and does not completely destroy it's enemy? I can it's Israel. Not only have a lot of horrible things happened to the people of Israel, they still provide electricity and water to the people who continuously harm them (Yes, the Palestinians).2) The Palestinians had a chance for peace through a two state solution in the 40's (The 1947 UN Partition plan). Neither side liked the partition plan but it was rejected by the Palestinians -- in favor of war. The Palestinians/Arabs lost all subsequent wars but apparently they still have not accepted their defeat. 3) Why do the Palestinians consistently initiate attacks from areas populated by innocent women and children? 4) Why do the Palestinians target civilians? Many Palestinian civilians are killed by retaliatory attacks by Israel. These types of losses are not acceptable on either side, but I don't see how anyone can side with people who intentionally target civilians.5) Israel has an approximate 20% population of Arabs. Not all Arabs fled from Israel in the 40's. I could go on and on ...Anyone using this film as a deciding factor in their views on the Israeli/Palestine conflict needs to spend more time reading and less time watching TV. An equally powerful movie could have easily been made showing the horrible attacks that have been committed against Israeli civilians.I was a bit disappointed in this film. I felt a few of the scenes were not genuine. One particular scene when a child was being asked questions on the beach. It appeared he was looking off camera at his elders for approval on what he was saying. Mostly though I know how people are. I know many people will base their entire decision on this conflict by watching this film alone. I can't blame the film for that.

The documentary Gaza Strip is about the conflict in the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip and the ordinary lives of the Palestinians who live there. In particular, we see a lot of Mohammed Hejazi, a young boy who risks getting shot every day to throw rocks at Israeli tanks. This documentary was filmed with no tripods, lights, or external microphones on location over the course of 100 days. As an objective account of its subject, Gaza Strip fails. Historians will be dissatisfied, and those desiring a complete, objective account of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict either in Gaza Strip or at large will raise the expected objections (we see nothing from the Israeli's point of view). But the film does succeed at giving us an idea of everyday life in that cramped, narrow strip of land in the Middle East, and showing how solving our conflicts through violence begets more violence and can probably only at best serve as a temporary means.

One of the rare productions which shows the reality on the ground. Just because some viewers are so callous and biased against the oppressed & occupied people that they cannot relate with them does not mean that all that is said is BS.Watch this documentary to see the other side of what the mainstream media exposes you to. Of course it will be difficult for the smugly ignorant to digest what has been shown. The suffering of the common Palestinians and their kids because of the oppressive policies of Israel has been shown through the perspective of children.This kind of treatment meted out to occupied helpless Arabs by a people who themselves suffered terribly under Hitler makes you think what makes them forget their own suffering in the Holocaust when it comes to dealing with the Arabs.

Those that have posted negative reviews somehow managed to make several interesting mistakes that suggest that they too are cherry-picking the facts; (1) they somehow just blunder right over and completely ignore the fortified Jewish-Settlements built in the Palestinian-Territories. Remember that when they complain about this documentary ignoring their litany of complaints. (2) Others complained about the poison gas rumors, I don't know if its true or not, but those who claimed no proof was provided evidently weren't watching when the doctor from Doctors Without Borders provided her diagnosis and video footage of the affected people going through whatever it was they were going through was presented. Remember that when they complain about this documentary ignoring their litany of complains. Further more, this documentary was not intended to provide a clear and concise look at the conflict going right back to 'the beginning' and providing a clear and concise look at all the atrocities, crimes/war-crimes, forced removal from land, etc that all parties have committed – you want that go watch PBS, Frontline, the BBC or something. It was meant to go look at the people living in the Gaza Strip, and see who they were, what their lives were like, what they live through, etc. There is no way to justify the intentional & deliberate killing of civilians, to even attempt to is give up all claims to humanity, and this is a standard we must apply to all of us. Finally while I consider myself a pacifist, I don't know how long I'd be able to continue denouncing all forms of violence from my Parisian-café while Nazi-German troops patrolled the streets, or while selling newspapers on a street-corner in the Gaza Strip and peoples homes are demolished and refugee camps are established so that those who have a rather odd interpretation of their religion can take other peoples land for themselves. (Note: I do not intended to compare Nazi-Germany with Israel and its Jewish-Settlements, if you see it other wise then I apologize. It is merely to provide a historical example of which there is little or no argument over the validity of, i.e. the French-Resistance)