… the film tracks the story of Mohammed Abu Mustafa, a 4-month-old Palestinian baby suffering from a rare immune deficiency. Moved by the baby\u2019s plight, Eldar helps the infant and mother go from Gaza to Israel\u2019s Tel Hashomer hospital for lifesaving bone-marrow treatment. The operation costs $55,000. Eldar puts out an appeal on Israel TV and within hours an Israeli Jew whose own son was killed during military service donates all the money.<\/p>\n
The documentary takes a dramatic turn, though, when the infant\u2019s Palestinian mother, Raida, who is being disparaged by fellow Gazans for having her son treated in Israel, blurts out that she hopes he\u2019ll grow up to be a suicide bomber to help recover Jerusalem. Raida tells Eldar: \u201cFrom the smallest infant, even smaller than Mohammed, to the oldest person, we will all sacrifice ourselves for the sake of Jerusalem. We feel we have the right to it. You\u2019re free to be angry, so be angry.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
Eldar is devastated by her declaration and stops making the film. But this is no Israeli propaganda movie. The drama of the Palestinian boy\u2019s rescue at an Israeli hospital is juxtaposed against Israeli retaliations for shelling from Gaza, which kill whole Palestinian families.<\/p>\n