All of a sudden, every idiot at the top of the hill takes a flag, sticks it down and that’s the new border of the country,” says former speaker of the Knesset, Avraham Burg. “The more nationalistic you are, the more militia-like you become. They are also known for having a difficult relationship with left-wing Israelis, the Israeli army and even with Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service. “The people who burned the house in Duma wouldn’t have done it if the state treated Arabs as enemies,” says Goldberg’s sister, Rut.Īlthough relatively small, with only several hundred members, the Hilltop Youth are known for having incited violent acts of hatred against Palestinians and Palestinian homes, mosques and churches.
It’s because the government did not take revenge against our enemies,” says Kahanist and settler, Moriya Goldberg. “This is how the concept of ‘Price Tag’ was created. Your vengeance must be your success.īy Hussein Hassan Dawabshe, Ahmed Dawabshe's grandfather
I'm teaching Ahmed that you don't have to seek vengeance.
The label “Price Tag” was born from actions taken by the group to claim a “price” for any actions taken against them or their hilltop settlements by Palestinians. They were all released after serving minimal prison time. Meir Ettinger, Kahane’s grandson, was one of several settlers charged for the Duma murders, also known as “Price Tag” killings, alongside 21-year-old Amiram Ben-Uliel and an unnamed minor. Mostly made up of young people between the ages of 16 and 25, the group are followers of Kahanism an ideology based on the teachings of the late Rabbi Meir Kahane. Residing on outposts often neighbouring areas populated heavily by Palestinians (not to be confused with Israeli settlements) the Hilltop Youth are known for their extreme religious nationalism. I prefer them dead.Īhmed, who now lives with his grandfather, remains in Duma, across the West Bank border from his attackers: members of the Hilltop Youth. Personally, it doesn't bother me if an Arab baby dies. The firebombing also caused seven-year-old Ahmed Dawabshe, Ali’s brother, second and third-degree burns across his body, the scars of which he still bears today. But whilst it has some obvious weaknesses there is something still watchable about "Thou Shalt Not Kill".In late July 2015, an arson attack on a family home in the Palestinian village of Duma, in the West Bank, resulted in the killing of three members of the Dawabshe family, the youngest of whom, Ali, was only 18 months old. What this all boils down to is that "Thou Shalt Not Kill" is nothing new as the innocent man inside storyline has been done countless times and done better. And for those who know their horror movies will see a very fresh faced Robert Englund as one of Ray's fellow prisoners. But then both Lee Grant and Gary Graham are good in their respective roles making generic characters entertaining.
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Now I did mention that some of the acting is weak and whilst not the worst in the movie Diana Scarwid as Ray's wife Susan struggles with the more emotional scenes. With a look which is reminiscent of 80s cop shows it is all general stuff as she goes looking for answers and of course whilst she is looking for answers important clues are slowly dropped such as one work colleague who doesn't return to work and the security guard who might be able to shine the light on an important fact. Whilst we see the troubles which Ray goes through from early on when the man he is accused of murdering riles him up to the issues inside prison the real focus is on Maxine trying to get to the bottom of what actually happened and who committed the first murder. In truth whilst "Thou Shalt Not Kill" offers up the twist of Ray not only being inside for a crime he didn't commit but then finding himself in further trouble when in self defence he kills a prison guard, it is in truth all ordinary.
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