Parent's reaction when Jewish and Arab children meet | "Almost Friends", Documentary

Film starts at 0:29. Samar (12) lives in Lod, a mixed city marred by poverty. She has an Arab-Israeli mother and a Palestinian father from the Occupied Territories. Linor (11) lives in Tlamim, a religious Jewish settlement.
There are only 67 km between Lod and Tlamim, but the girls are separated by a vast national, cultural, and ideological abyss. As participants in an education and technology program, their relationship begins with online correspondence. Meeting face-to-face adds an intense component to the two girls’ lives, sweeping them and their families into a profound and complex experience.
Original Title: Almost Friends
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[@evasterenberg]

A clear proof on how kids are pure and free of prejudice until adults mess them up.

[@DaniEl-lv7hi]

So true!

[@miguelbranquinho7235]

It really shows how race, religion and ethnicity are just invisible walls we've built around us. WE'RE ONE, Together at last!

[@zinaa.4240]

Sadly so true

[@mhbmhd3544]

@@miguelbranquinho7235 the homeland is the past and the future with out homeland we are nothing and we don't have future so we someone come from far and he steal you homeland he steal with it the you fate . the matter it's not religion and ethnicity it's problem of fate and principle . the zinoists had the right to take palestenis land then the palestines have the right to bring it back .

[@miguelbranquinho7235]

@@mhbmhd3544 You completely missed the point, wow

[@jem5812]

This just broke me. Ladies and gentlemen this is where it goes wrong, adults teaching kids hate. This is why our world is the way it is.

[@janepeters6270]

Thank you for saying the truth. This is where it is. One thinks they are superior to the other. Not realizing that we are the same in God's eyes. Smh it's soooo sad

[@jolietia]

Why do you think they want to erase history of black, indigenous, Mexican, etc. out of schools. They want us to never know what the real deal is and perpetuate lies like Columbus discovering America.

[@litarisnawt]

The girl with tied hair and glasses is so pure. she's so wise when said "all people no matter if they're Arabs, gentiles or anything else they're god's children, his sons and daughters. so they aren't so different. We aren't so different" we're alike, we're brothers"

[@sheilabright2091]

She was repeating what her mother told her.

[@arminiuscherusci4410]

@@sheilabright2091is that wrong?

[@mrk7219]

She was like a light. But Linor was quick to extinguish it.

[@aiidaa92]

Oh I was so moved by this girl! So good! Such shame that Linor had her family's voices in her head to say those things

[@mspaint93]

So true. We are taught to hate, yet all nationalities, religions, and religions are the same to children. As a default. We can learn from them

[@jenniferglenn14]

Both of those girls are genuinely sweet and kind, so it was awful seeing Linor’s grandmother dehumanize the friendship between her and Samar. Heartbreaking.

[@sam.n7762]

this was so satanic. i ask myself, how can a person become like that

[@scottymackay1801]

Her grandmother probably survived through countless wars by the Arabs to annihilate the Jewish people.

[@sapien2503]

​​@@sam.n7762after a lot of terrorist attacks or lost someone to these kinda attacks. We never know her point of view

[@DoctorDuckie1964]

​@sam.n7762 how was it satanic? I can think of a lot of other words but not that one.

[@myjourneytotruth]

Totally agree, we are only as brave and as resilient as the hands which raise us. Instilling unnecessary fear into little growing minds is what keeps this world so divided.

[@rhoduskal-cious3243]

Am so touched by the teacher explaining to the kids that we’re all God’s creatures! That was so beautiful!

[@Professional_Youtube_Commenter]

it's propaganda for the cameras. It looks like kids are hearing this for the first time.

[@kusumayodhasmutr6488]

If the rest of people think and understand the same as the this teacher,soon peace and love will be there.All the best

[@hanankhateeb90]

اسرائيل تعلم أطفالها في المدارس والاغاني الخاصة بها إبادة العرب

[@Elenavila127]

El resto de maestros los adoctrinan. Los niños israelìes y los niños palestinos son adoctrinados en las escuelas. Es algo asqueroso e innegable.

[@freedahlogic8368]

@@kusumayodhasmutr6488 it’s a bigger problem now though eh? Some people think this was a documentary. It wasn’t.

[@evelina733]

It’s also so sad that a kind and sweet girl like Linor was made to believe that others have only a spark, but not a soul, how messed up… please people do better😞

[@muhammadbenjelloun2598]

It was sad seeing how Linor began to agree with her grandma at the end.

[@user-nz7fe5dx2x]

انت عربي؟

[@Elenavila127]

"Lealtad familiar",es muy difícil escapar de ella.

[@freedahlogic8368]

Realism? Samar also didn’t want to have her friend visit because she knew she would be in danger. That should make Palestinians sad. I hope of makes them disavow terrorism.

[@abiryaakovalmoznino3395]

Children will look up to their peers even if they feel like they’re wrong

[@katelynfe]

​@@freedahlogic8368 palestinians have never exactly supported hamas by any means or terrorists. Ironically, bibi actually kind of does due to a multitude of reasonings

[@EsotericOccultist]

This is painful to watch. I'm in tears. Samar hold your head high girl. You're an awesome kid with nothing to be ashamed about

[@vcrossCelticfc]

I felt sick watching this, I grew up in a mixed Catholic and Protestant area. No-one cared what religion our friends with, we knew via the schools attended. My parents were very open and likewise had mixed friends. Only a tiny minority were weird and bitter. Football games with Celtic v Rangers then we fought like cats and dogs, the next day we were friends again, so fickle and funny. Listening to that 'lady' tell that child her new friend was from a dirty world, turned my stomach. She lied to her grandchild, children do love childhood friends. I lost childhood friends from a house fire (her whole family died, it was horrific) and a car accident and it broke my heart. The elitism and superiority is vile, I dont feel superior to anyone and I've travelled the world extensively. The brainwashing was horrific to watch, adults are destroying the innocence of childhoods. I pray God guides her in the right direction, although at that age I sadly doubt it, 3rd generation ruined.

[@baintreachas]

⁠@@annawagner4147lmao maybe I am wrong but as an Irish person I thought the original comment is referring to our situation… in which case it’s more similar than you might think

[@MB-fq5hf]

Exactly....this poor kid feeling so guilty and ashamed of being Arab broke my heart....her uncle though....an awesome and generous SOUL! He was still so tender and understanding of her....broke my heart for him too....

[@asparagusredal7751]

@@annawagner4147I have another dark layer beneath Samar’s already sad situation. I feel more sad watching the reactions of Samar’s cousins when she’s unapologetically told them she prefers Israel than Palestine, which I find quite inappropriate. The girls just smile and not even a slight smirk in their face 😔, but we all are expected to accept and understand Samar’s self-entitled, victim’s behaviour more than their feelings. I cant stop thinking of the girls (even they’re not the main characters) but no one cares in the comments section coz these kids may not be ‘human enough’ than the Israelis.

[@delishme2]

​@@MB-fq5hfReally, "i thought he had creepy uncle vibes" tbh

[@windyway2424]

Samar and Linor could be great friends. It`s heartbreaking to see how Linor`s family sabotage their beginning friendship. I hope one day they see this documentation and remember their story, so that they eventually become friends.

[@sumi3000]

Or at least think differently about what happened... it is so sad to see them both being lovely bright kids but Linor already being so indoctrinated, to even think Arabs dont have a real soul like her. And the other girl only thinking about not wanting to put her friend in harm's way. Breaks my heart. But this programme is a beginning and we need so much more of that to stop the hatred

[@sweetgrape40]

@@sumi3000 There is a similar 2001 documentary " Promises" about two group of Arab and Jewish children aged 9-13 and their friendship despite the early prejudice they had learned from the society. I wish someone would upload it on KZbin. The said documentary has received many international awards and definitely worth watching. There is also a 2004 sequel "Promises: Four Years On" revealing how the society sadly takes the children back to the path where they follow the footsteps of their ignorant fathers.

[@asparagusredal7751]

I feel more sad watching the reactions of Samar’s cousins when she’s unapologetically told them she prefers Israel than Palestine, which I find quite inappropriate. The girls just smile and not even a slight smirk in their face 😔, but we all are expected to accept and understand Samar’s self-entitled, victim’s behaviour more than their feelings. I cant stop thinking of the girls (even they’re not even the main characters) but no one cares in the comments section coz these kids may not be ‘human enough’ than the Israelis.

[@delishme2]

Not her family, her Grandmother. Her mother was very supportive u til Grandmas fears got in the way.

[@cosmopolitanwonder9675]

@@sumi3000this is five years old so the girls will of learned so much more by now, I only hope the children of today will make this world a better world for all in the future. It’s so sad to see how hate is spread in such ways as this documentary showed. Pacified hate speech.

[@tillykelp9744]

Terribly sad how hatred is passed from one generation to the next and silences the voice of reason in children's hearts.

[@bewise007]

Exactly. Very sad.

[@dicey8928]

@@bewise007 I can see many changes and I think the world is going to be all about love and respect 🙌 ❤

[@sethbadal8342]

hatred acism is a disease passed thru generations. Kids aren't born racist

[@Skythekitten]

Not only hatred, that letter they read in the beginning wtf was that. Just because the girl in the letter hugged someone doesnt mean she doesnt have selrespect ..

[@cari0783]

Thank you. I could not have said it any better. You are exactly correct ❤️

[@LucyLucy-]

Linor is such a beautiful soul, I hope she never loses her kindness or compassion. I hope her grandmother doesn’t negatively influence her with her judgements, though I see it’s beginning to happen.

[@mabhodlelajj1195]

telling truth to your child so that she can not be blind is not "nefative influence',what ever her granny told her is not lie,it's truth and she grow up she will know that her self as she see rockets shot from gaza and people claiming she doesn't belong in her own country.

[@faizaanwar3662]

@@mabhodlelajj1195 you have to chill and stop generalising everyone why should she be scared stop acting so paranoid

[@z.a.1237]

She already did ,if you listened at her last words.

[@bewise007]

@@mabhodlelajj1195 Once that seed is planted, she will never escape it. True, they have to be cautious but her words were filled with hate and resentment. If you plant a seed of hate in a child's mind, you have a lot to answer when the judgement day comes.

[@connordevine9872]

@S K I think that the grandmother was trying to protect her granddaughter from her own life history, she did not display hatred towards Arabs just disappointment. Someone who had trusted and lost their trust. Possibly because she was expelled from her home by people she regarded as friends. I feel sorry for both of those kids because they could have become life long friends who would protect each other but unfortunately that is not their fault or faith. I do wish it was a different outcome.

[@shannonoconnor8287]

Oh sweet, Linor, you had everything right! Listen to your heart, not your grandmother. You and Samar could have been the best of friends.

[@Asma_Mushtaq]

❤

[@raner2367]

There's no god ,free yourself from chains!!

[@Asma_Mushtaq]

@@raner2367 I think we'd like to be free from _your_ ignorance more than anything else (in this thread). I pray that you find peace and purpose so you don't feel like spamming online comment sections. Maybe give your parents a call and see how they're doing? Loneliness can be bitter and make you do all kinds of things. Like trolling online, or spewing stupidities about your Lord. 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@raner2367]

@@Asma_Mushtaq No need to pray because prayers dont work if they did war would stop. And youcare the one who's ignorant thinking only muslims are good side not noticing so much trouble stems frpm religious beliefs. And learn what spam means better education then talking to imaginary friends. Learn whats trolling because im dead serious. Snd ur imaginary friend us not my lord lol

[@Asma_Mushtaq]

@@raner2367 if you're bereft of faith, then sure I can understand why _your_ prayers don't work, it's not the case for everyone else, 'lovey'. 'Religions' are the excuse atheists give, but ideology and political power is what drives them under the guise of religion. ... Spamming, trolling...!? Choose the one that suits you best, I'm not too attached to the inconsequential terminology in this context. As for your "better education" -- I don't know; I _prefer_ the correct use of grammar and orthography when given a choice, but who am I to say, you're just better educated than me.

[@sumi3000]

I love how the nerdy girl is runnkng around with her book about planets, sharing her excitement over this information even though others dont seem so interested

[@SkepticalTeacher]

I think she's autistic ❤

[@TheRealmusic18]

They have more in common than they think. I am so saddened at the ending. I was hoping these two could have kept in touch throughout life's milestones. They could have had a long lasting friendship.

[@dongoggine]

Who knows when they get older (less parental/grandparental control) with social media they can reconnect.

[@freedahlogic8368]

@@dongoggine of course it all depends whether or not Samar was married off to someone who controls her life…

[@curtisdalrymple42]

They look like each other enough to be sisters. I pray for peace in the Holy Land. God Bless both of these beautiful young ladies.

[@drackoni-han13]

Prayer, hate to say, is the cause of the problem. "My god is bigger and better than yours"

[@user-vu5xl3uu9p]

@alizaize Palestine, 70 years can't change the reality that its name is Palestine فلسطين. ✌

[@abdul-kabiralegbe5660]

​@@user-vu5xl3uu9p You're part of the problem. To build a new peaceful future the PAST MUST BE FORGOTTEN no matter how painful. Same goes to any belief system that hints at or promotes division. You should be promoting coexistence because at the end of the day nobody is leaving for anybody.

[@esel3774]

I feel for the Arab children who are internalising the racism.

[@aniahammoudi9569]

Racism!

[@kadhafik9754]

@When I Was Born for the 7th Time The Jews are both a race and religion as the girls mum said Jews are the "chosen people" and they cant mix with the non Jews in this case the non Jews are Arabs

[@vanessamw1140]

@When I Was Born for the 7th Time you told someone they dont know what racism is, but you yourself dont understand as much as you think you do. religion is relevant but so is racism. Far right Israeli Jews, like the family shown in this, are opposed to any non Jews. As long as someone is Jewish, they're accepted. But lots of Jews aren't religiously Jewish. They're only ethnically Jewish. Even is israel. Non religious Jews who are only ethically Jewish are still accepted by the ones who don't believe in "intermingling". But there is a kind of jew they dont accept...Ethiopian Jews. They're religiously the same, but they're black. And there are plenty of Arab Jews there. They're not accepted either. So for the kinds of people this is portraying, which equates to light skinned Jewish supremacists, race is absolutely relevant. And the person above knows what racism is. They're not really "the same" people either. They are traced back to different histories. They're the same as far as humans in general go, but the social constructs of race and ethnicity that we separate ourselves by today also separates arabs from many Israelis.

[@isiscortez8838]

Sorry, both sides, that’s why we see Israeli soldiers killing Arab kids and the other way around, is religious hate, religion separates people, but political leaders like this so people fight with each other while they do other atrocities behind doors, that’s how low humanity’s has come !

[@aniahammoudi9569]

@@isiscortez8838 both sides! You definitely have no clue what those zionists are doing over there.

[@shrmoukadem]

This overall is just so sad. Linor is a lovely sweet girl that wants to believe every human being is the same regardless of ethnicity or religion, but her grandma just crushes that idea by implementing a thought that the Arabs hate her. Sweet Samar is ashamed of her religion and background and just wants to be accepted by the Jewish girls, she is afraid of her new friend getting hurt by the Arabs if she invites her. The new generation wants to change but is held back by the close minded older generation. Bless the kids.

[@yasminvillanueva3141]

What if she just wants to protect her family

[@noobie7719]

To choose to have a child is to choose HOPE. Hope in a future. There has to be something better this side of heaven, I’ll choose HOPE.

[@pencildraw5591]

No she is not worried but she is so blind that cannot see love or friendship like manner

[@saciida360]

Children's always have the purest of 💖 and it's something the adult have lost shm

[@charlesmartin1121]

The funny thing is that people like Linor's grandmother, mother and her classmates are sooner or later going to be confronted with sharing a state with their Palestinian neighbors. Because newsflash, thanks to settlement expansion there is no land left to create a separate Palestinian state. So the future of Linor and Samar and all of their relations are tied together whether they like it or not.

[@massielwinter645]

I see the problem, the adults are terrified and from their parents have been taught the same. It's time for someone to stand up and make a difference like this. It's beautiful to see how the clicked and their innocence led them to care for each other and respect and actually get to know each other. It made me cry and realize that kids should be taught certain things but defiantly not hate and fear.

[@wordswords5604]

Every time I watch this. It gets more depressing. I feel for Samar. She's just a normal kid. Trying to make friends. I would love an update on the two girls.

[@wonderland1911]

I hope that Samar has solved her identity crisis and is a proud Palestinian today.

[@dodonuts2811]

As an Iraqi, growing up in Canada post 9/11 I can only imagine the sliver of the pain she goes through. You can see it on her face signing the national athem. Palestinians are some of the most gentle people I've met. Hold you head high, Samar!

[@AaHM15]

The grandma is a real disgrace. So pathetic to incite discrimination between 2 innocent children. Shameful!!

[@blinktambo255]

There are people like her in every religious group!!!

[@butimnotauser]

her group is committing genocide

[@Q_betrue]

These girls are so beautiful! With everything going on in the region today, I wonder how they are doing. An update would be amazing. I hope they are both alive and well. I hope they both still hold the love and acceptance they held at this age. Beautiful souls!

[@freedahlogic8368]

Yes. I hope so too.

[@original_me6505]

This doco is so enlightening, TY. Tore at my heart. My heart goes out Samar. I hope she's found self love and inner peace with who she really is, a beautiful young Arab woman 🤎 smh at Linor's grandmother, what a horrible thing to do. Samar and Linor could've had such a beautiful friendship.

[@Ircar47]

I remember words of Holocaust survivor, old Jewish men, who said -" He wishes than in a passport or documents instead of nationality -it would say HUMAN RACE ! " Nothing much can be said after that.

[@saraqostahterra4548]

Look up the moroccan imam who protected Jews in his basement from the nazis. Look up the Moroccan sultan refusing the Nazi request to give them all the Jews and protecting them, because he regards them as Moroccan citizens just as he does with Muslims.

[@dy9278]

When the 🇺🇸 census asks what race I identify with Human always comes to mind first

[@maxinewarnest894]

Ircar47: Thank you for your post. We are all human.

[@Ircar47]

@@maxinewarnest894 Any time ! Only if many would learn love and integrity to all !

[@maxinewarnest894]

@@Ircar47 👍💜

[@queensupreme9369]

My heart broke for the Arab girl not in touch with her Arab roots. So long as her family haven’t done anything wrong to anyone she’d shouldn’t deny them.

[@janesmith9024]

Although both sides are sexist to the core, cover women etc etc... The sooner they are free from Islam and Judaeism the better.

[@Jessicaro]

@@janesmith9024 what does that have to do with her arab roots? arab doesn't automatically mean muslim or jewish.

[@naceraher9632]

wrong or not wrong you should deny your roots.

[@naceraher9632]

they are colonising her mind as well , that is trajic

[@SRBOMBONICA86]

@@LaylaaaRsh you are crazy , Orthodox Christianity NEVER commited sins

[@sarah-beruriahbattzion28]

What a horrible grandmother to put so much hate in her grandchild 😩😢

[@777morgan3]

hard to eat good intentions

[@miriamivy7991]

It broke my heart listening to her use religion to spread hate.

[@nicholdsouza6482]

According to Islam convert or die.. Please do read Quran and the Hadith to know about it.. It's true.. Her grandmother dint mean any harm.

[@sophia.carola2698]

@@nicholdsouza6482it’s a lie

[@makey5775]

@@nicholdsouza6482 cap

[@jasonbrauning6108]

The lady talking at 16:12 I have so much respect for her to stand up to that bigoted lady

[@dh6745]

It’s cruel and against human nature to forbid people, especially children, from interacting with different kinds of people. I hope these sweet girls grow out of this indoctrination :(

[@izzyd.110]

When hatred and prejudice are passed on to children, no one needs to be surprised or complain about war

[@TaraConti]

I thought I knew how I felt about this situation but as an American I’m now realizing how complicated this situation is. It’s absolutely heartbreaking! I just hope everyone in this video is alive and well. 😔🙏♥️

[@DagothUrSpeaks-yy6fj]

Here's' the thing though, all of the complications only exist within the context of a simple over arching oppression - a state founded on an ideology of ethnic cleansing. the state of israel is a fundamentally unjust project on ethical and humanitarian grounds from the get go.

[@DevonRexLady]

Likewise.😢

[@MackenzieStith]

its not complicated. jewish children are instilled at birth and taught to hate muslims that they are evil murderers with no soul.

[@Kamina-pw9tl]

They not from Gaza they still alive

[@freedahlogic8368]

@@Kamina-pw9tl do you forget how many people were killed on Oct 7? Do you forget there are

[@ren4893]

I hope there is a follow up documentary on these girls. I'd be interested to see their development after all these years, and how have they changed.

[@sweetgrape40]

You can watch a 2001 documentary "Promises", and the 2004 sequel "Promises : Four Years On" and be disappointed to see how they would LEARN to hate each other.

[@adrianalisitza5543]

Samar is so precious.

[@keles2395]

Flimin adı ne yazar mısınız rica etsem

[@violetlovezzz3851]

the girl ranting about saturn and its thousand moons is so cute

[@mrk7219]

I love the teacher. She’s a true teacher. That exercise she made them do is a very powerful one. I’ve done that before at a spiritual gathering and when I looked into the eyes of the stranger beside me, I couldn’t help but cry. I did not see his face or anything physical. Just the depth and Life behind his eyes and I felt God.

[@valsirob]

These two girls are so good....why they wouldn't be friends..Lenor has such goodness and innocence in her and Samar as well.

[@sainiamarjeet]

situation won't allow it hence get out of situation to make things possible

[@1terminatorr]

Samar is one troubled child having to deal with inferiority complex and being accepted in a society that has demeaning aspects to her background, its such a shame

[@x-starlight-x]

I see so much pain and hurt in her eyes 😢 I truly hope she is living a happy, fulfilled life now

[@montoya26]

You tell in 52:52 how the mom looks uncomfortable from the grandmas response to “dirty world” as if she knows that was wrong of her.

[@shucayb8068]

well the mum did say it was fine for the girls to be friends regardless if she was arab, it's sad that she didn't remind her daughter that after the grandmothers hateful speech

[@amariluna]

The grandmother is a perfect example of hate and darkness.

[@Asma_Mushtaq]

🎯

[@joelle186]

As is the uncle

[@Asma_Mushtaq]

@@joelle186 that's a bit of a stretch. What did _he_ say to cause _you_ to say that?

[@deansbian5607]

@@Asma_Mushtaqall he said was he wanted her to be married on their land... not even close to the grandmother

[@queenblondee193]

This is so sad, the young kids are innocent and have respect, but it people like Linor Grandmother that are poison :(

[@mabhodlelajj1195]

so you want linor grand mother not to tell her grand kid truth about rabas wanting to hurt them no matter what they do for peace?

[@alexandrutarlescu2963]

@@mabhodlelajj1195 Who decides who tells the truth or lies?You?

[@mydenmel]

She’s a realist preparing her for anything

[@lais.v.m]

@@mydenmel it's sad that you think that way

[@nadiasven4771]

True, I am Jewish myself and I have to say that I have witnessed lots of racisme in Israel from Israeli people. I felt ashamed and thought how can people with have such a history be like this? Cant understand. The Somali Jewish people are considered outcast. While if we read the books, its where the roots of "our" people come from. Israel welcomes all Jewish people to come and live in the homeland, but that welcoming feeling does not rhyme with reality.

[@nuraktar439]

It breaks my heart how pure souls become misinformed, but who have strong clear conscience, have not contaminated. Hope for love among everyone.

[@shamilrzayev5879]

Thank's to Linor's grandma I learned that I have no soul, only a spark. Because I'm not a jew. So sad....

[@si.3107]

Same😂

[@peacelover8686]

I love how this documentary is so original and authentic . I can like sense it , it's beautiful.

[@roarkfamily3739]

It's wonderful! I felt the same -Kendra

[@pearl_1590]

Its insane the how much the Mom and grandma dehumanize Arabs, talking about them as if they're a type of dog more prone to aggression, and trying to instill those beliefs onto a literal child. Then claiming that gentiles and arabs have no soul. This is literally a step to genocide and oppression over a group of people.

[@peacehope7365]

Yes, I had no idea some Jewish people (I'm sure only a small minority) believe that the rest of us don't have souls! Shocking 😮

[@abiryaakovalmoznino3395]

@@peacehope7365it’s a small minority as a Jew I will admit it’s a product of neo-Zionism

[@krisru9484]

Made me cry how beautiful they all are and how important the influence of the teacher. God bless all of the children in the world. Teach us to love like You and walk Your path.

[@yez5358]

It goes to show you how older people are bitter and fearfull of their own shadow while young people are so smart and kind. This little girl Linor is so pure and kind. It should be her teaching her racist grandma and mom how to live in this world and not the other way around.

[@ndunlimited]

This was such a wonderful example of the simplicity and purity of children. The Jewish mother and teachers were great examples. This was an amazing documentary, thank you for sharing.

[@rbrojas2040]

Sooo... a girl in love accepts a hug from her boyfriend and to him she's soiled goods to discard later? Wtf?

[@bevs9995]

what part was that in?

[@CCI320]

That's what the boy said in his letter though

[@tinafatusin8023]

The best person in this whole documentary is Samar. God bless you Samar ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@MissJustagirl1985]

Linor is such a beautiful little girl with a beautiful heart. So sad that her grandmother is poison her. Her grandmother puts hate in her heart. I hope that Linor grow up without hate.

[@st4rgrrlx]

I wonder where these kids are today with the war😢

[@mayaluna11]

Heartbreaking to see that grandmother's hate inflict another loss and more damage to Samar.

[@neenaiin7503]

ok this made me cry. How awful that these girls are infiltrated with hate at that age.

[@adda25]

The jewish ones, yes. I saw no hatred from the Arab girls or their families.

[@asearch.for.insight1292]

This was extremely deep and thought provoking. Bless these two sweet girls 😇

[@catrionaskivingtonskivingt4819]

This little girl said we have mercy but five yrs on we see who really has no mercy.This is so sad no one should teach children to hate her grandma is a disgrace.

[@jameswilson3991]

could not believe that old granny wtf what a way to teach children no wonder the world is the way it is linda in scotland

[@mabhodlelajj1195]

what her granny told her is nothing but truth,and as she grow up she will know that when rockets are shot at her from Gaza by hamas.

[@beatsbykhanflict881]

@@mabhodlelajj1195 And rockets will go to Gaza by Israeli Government. Its not just one side, they both do that and probably will for a long time.

[@saciida360]

Grandma spewing hate and can't stand her granddaughters heart 💖

[@pinin1708]

@@mabhodlelajj1195 stop relying with the same comment, your truth is different to their truth

[@papeetechild]

@@pinin1708 there’s only one truth.

[@nikkisss]

poor Samara, growing up in between two realities, forced to choose instead of live in a constant harmonious state

[@janepeters6270]

Omgggg what a sweet little girl. She only wanted the Israeli students to like her. My God im in tears.. you are such an angel sweetheart, you dont need acceptance from anyone..

[@flowerpot6610]

This was such a beautiful learning experience for these girls. It's so important to learn about each other backgrounds, social differences and religious. The teachers were amazing!

[@user-ek2jf7gb7i]

I wish I could meet Samar and tell her I am sorry you feel so stigmatized because of who you are. But please know that the courage, resilience and faith of the Palestinians and their incredible souls 🇵🇸✌🏽 is inspiring millions around the globe as we speak. I wish that you could step out of Israel and see the rest of the globe. I am not a Palestinian but your people are incredible! So many would be honored to befriend you! Poverty is not a shame, neither is the color of your skin nor the hardships of your family nor your circumstances. Palestinians represent the struggle of all the underdogs of humanity and they will be free✌🏽

[@valeriabrezin6983]

Wow you really made yourself a whole story up there didn’t you? Samar is a great kid and I hope she will never be ashamed of her roots, by the way she never mentioned anything about her skin color or poverty but I see how purposeful it makes you feel to stand for the “underdog” even while you invent a whole story for her 😂 you people from the west have to calm down and solve your own deep rooted empty lives before you try to “adopt” a conflict that you know nothing about just to feel something reel

[@Kamina-pw9tl]

Omg you've given me goosebumps everything you say is what beautiful Samar needs to hear. I'm not Palestinian with but they are my role models in n I'm a grown woman. Xx 💕

[@Kamina-pw9tl]

@@valeriabrezin6983so negative how you picking at what she said 💔😂 you remind me if the bitter granny

[@fatimabamba9032]

these people are literally cultural twins and damn near religious siblings. Its insane the way racism rots the brain

[@Thumbelllina]

wow... those 7 minutes in the beginning were hard to watch....kids in school talking about launching missiles back....heartbreaking, the poison that comes out of that grandma's mouth is appalling,. I hope that sweet little girl will get back in touch with Samar and their innocent, beautiful friendship will last, but by the hatred that exists in that household, I am afraid it won't happen. Shame on that grandma!

[@NikkiCaswell]

This documentary was made years ago and they are likely young adults by now. Hopefully their mentality has changed and are open to meeting people from 'the other side'.

[@amykotches425]

That grandmother is horrible!

[@wiseliving9927]

Linor is very beautiful and pure soul but her witch grandma spoiling her. I hope she couldn't change her purity and compassion towards humanity and she be with lovely Samar.

[@chafester4886]

It's sad that Samar's friend was taught that Gentiles, Muslims, and Arabs, don't have souls, but just a spark. That's so sad and untrue. God gave all mankind a soul. I pray for each and everyone of these children that they would know the Truth.

[@adamsapple5544]

One doesn't always have to agree with one another but should always respect one another for who they are and thats how you keep the peace.

[@abdul-kabiralegbe5660]

100%. I don't HAVE to like you but I can at LEAST be fair to you.

[@lk6569]

Poor Linor, the grandma projecting her hate and racism and instilling that filth into this little girl. My heart broke for Samar 😢 who has internalized the racism and lost confidence in who she is and where she comes from.

[@AC-mp7cx]

free palestine

[@freedahlogic8368]

Maybe it’s all the murdered civilians she has seen buried?

[@dreanicole6591]

Linor is such a sweet girl. Trying to see the good and here comes grandma to mess it all up!

[@x-starlight-x]

My heart breaks for Linor and Samar. Both girls seem so loving and open to the world around them. Yet their peers seem so judgemental and restrictive, perhaps from past and current conflict, which may or may not be understandable. Either way I feel that both being Abrahamic religions, the community should possibly focus more on educating each other on their similarities and maybe embrace their differences and accept each other for who they are. God is the only one who can judge, and until then we should focus on having good intentions and a pure heart. We must spread love when there is so much hate in this world. I wish they have a life filled with happiness

[@didihern]

Your words are so true. The Abrahamic faiths should stick together, support each other, and learn to live together in peace. So sad it's the holy land... and yet, evil and hatred is being spread. And GOD commands to love. Being proud of who you are doesn't mean you hate others.

[@z.a.1237]

their perrs ? only the peers of Linor. The mother of Samar is such an humble righteous woman ,bless her .

[@shanooo303]

Wow that Grandma is so wicked 😢 how sad because those girls could have had a beautiful friendship. They both had good hearts..this was actually 💔

[@Kamina-pw9tl]

💔💔

[@myjourneytotruth]

I watched this just now amidst whats been happening for the past month or so there in Israel and Palestine. Misinformation creates fear and fear leads to unnecessary hatred thus casuing so much violence, hurt and destruction to innocent lives. I wonder where these kids are now and what has become of them? Such innocent pure hearted souls in a cruel materialistic selfish world. What Linor's grandma said to her is just prime example of intergerational misinformation and misguidance. May God protect the children of both sides as they are the true innocence of society. Aameen.

[@pelbabili8054]

Powerful but hard to watch documentary - a real evidence of the need for more human contacts between these two communities to destroy racism and prejudice...

[@mikk3150]

I'm so angry by what could have been. You could tell there was a real spark between Linor and Samar, they could be best of friends, if only her family would not poison her young mind against Muslims & Arabs. That made me want to cry. This demonization on both side needs to end. Both need to interact more with each other.

[@CherieDeDieu]

Awww, that mother-daughter chat was very sweet.

[@Simsrockslol]

children are our only hope

[@micheldekam3491]

Why? Not that racist girl Linor....children are as corrupt as adults.

[@mercy2424]

Not if they have grandmas like the one on the film.... so sad

[@NB-sd9tg]

That young girl is not racist at heart, she s mentored and coached and educated in a way that she will become ethno centrist , racist, a apartheid fanatic or whatever but as a child she is a victim , a racist in the making you mean??, don t you see it is not her nature, on the other hand, that little samar is ashamed because she is constantly told how bad is her community, from news report in class , to everyday life she is lost between thousand worlds. Sorry to say that kids showed how pure their hearts are and how much garbage adults can drop into them. Adults are the source of corruption of that girl, and if she was from another community and went through the same process i would still say the same. Be the bigger person and look at the full picture.

[@NB-sd9tg]

@@shiri1552 mankind, not religion . 10 commandments are pretty good yo me, kosher looks fab and ramadan fasting is healthy...we are the problem, mankind is weak

[@aniahammoudi9569]

@@shiri1552 nah that's sensationalised and inaccurate! This whole conflict has nothing to do with religion

[@User-vu3mu]

God bless linor and protect her from her grandmother

[@jjgems5909]

These rights of passages are so beautiful and sacred. I love how the mother bonds with her daughter. Reminds me of when I turned 15 and had my quinceañera.

[@fedjem9989]

Let kids be kids. You see the love in there heart! Breaks my heart to see this. Im muslim but my friends there religion never has disturbt me. Its about the mentality, love and manners... not religion. Religion is personal.

[@carlosacta8726]

The world is a better place because Linor and Samar are in it...

[@dawnatkinson7704]

'We don't have to agree, but we do have to treat each other with respect'.

[@MB-fq5hf]

Thank you for this documentary! I And a big thank you to all teachers, on both sides, who work hard to make this world a better place! ❤

[@sagal1374]

one is conflicted with her arab identity because the message her environment is telling her and another is already taught to fear the arab identity through her environment. At this point, one would have to ask how people will be able to move away from this cycle of fear and hatred because we see three generations already affected and children are growing up wanting to understand but not receiving a proper answer, only an "us vs them".

[@notafeminist5948]

52.27 minute... Where the grandma vomiting all her hatred about Arabs and expect her grand daughter to do the same.... Shocking!! and emotional abuse on the child... even the mother is speechless but don't say a word by respect to the elder...

[@VigEuth]

Yeah mom should have stepped in right quick....smh religion the worst mind poison of all.

[@allencampbell1058]

If you teach your children negativity then they will think negative, and if positive they will be just positive. That Israel grandma is the epitome of an Israeli ignorance towards Arabs or Palestinian

[@ruxanajewoon517]

U r rite

[@BP-zq6xf]

THe grandma killed her sincerity with the arab girl.....so sad... the older ones are doing this to they young generation....and then they act like they want PEACE.!!! unbelievable...

[@subaidarehman1607]

Please don’t underestimate the human desire to help one another whether Muslim,Christian, Jewish or any other religious or non religious group.

[@abdul-kabiralegbe5660]

The irony is that any religious person who follows this innate humanity is going to be labelled as a moderate. "Do you know more than god?" they're told. Piety is often a synonym of heartlessness.Look carefully, those religious people who are kind to others of a different religion are disobeying some of the injunctions of their religion. Nothing good can come out of a situation where religion is placed first before humanity.

[@zeniba473]

I don't know why but emotional watching this. Feeding the innocent mind with hatred for another community is just not right.

[@adamsmith3040]

have a feeling that the kids should be the parents and teachers who organized a meeting for their parents to get to know each other.

[@kayty6673]

This is an amazing documentary.

[@holamad]

These girls want to be friends they have pure souls and hearts, they are kids , let them be happy, links between them are a sign of peace and love. Adults are the worst extremists not the kids

[@connordevine9872]

Yes the girls have pure hearts and souls but the grandmother has had experience. Middle Eastern Jews were thrown out of their own countries and came to their own homeland Israel. They will never give it up because those who they believed were friends regected them and that is why the grandmother says what she said to her granddaughter. It is not hatred when she said that they have no soul just a spark it is actually pain that she suffered. The young Arab girl was actually suffering the same pain because her father was killed by Arabs that is why she was regecting her community and she was looking for acceptance elsewhere. I could be wrong but I do not think so.

[@zainabalqaffas6030]

What a shocking documentary, I never realized the level of segregation and lack of interaction between the communities, and the amount of miss-information and distrust spread among them. I wonder whether the horrific violence we are witnessing today is an outcome of this clash of ignorance. I also find it very strange that no one in the comment section acknowledged that the grandmother is teaching her child that Arabs don't have souls. How is such discourse allowed in 2023. Religion can be and is very dangerous.

[@CCI320]

They literally showed a school with arab and jewish kids together. Did you watch it?

[@wavingcat5]

The souls thing was extremely disturbing to me. How is that different to any other form of supremacy and segregation? White colonisers frequently thought the indigenous and black people they colonised did not have souls. While most of the documentary was sweet, the perception of outsiders reminded me of extreme evangelical communities where they only mix with other church people. The stuff about being a princess was weird too.

[@mcsmiha1973]

the two girls lying on the grass- a jewish and an arab girl. they didn t seem segregated at all. i suppose the point of the documentary was to point out the extremes and the one caught in the middle. don t tell me there are no extremes of some sort in the society you live...

[@Dexy83]

This was an amazing documentary! Well done!

[@susanturner4129]

So sad there children that like eachother. Only the adults see the bad. Peace is built on friendship.

[@little_dee1995]

This is a very beautiful documentary

[@rorik.3842]

The girl hates her own self so much and arabs :( it's so sad, as an arab seeing this, it's only because she lives in a surrounding where arabs are hated, so she reflecting that on her self and roots. I wish she didn't study in their schools, I hope she can have pride of who she is..

[@camillesolange182]

There's nothing to be proud of.

[@Mina-hw1dp]

@@camillesolange182 there is enough to be proud of

[@LaylaaaRsh]

@@camillesolange182 just say you’re projecting bc you don’t have any culture 🙄

[@thelightworker2208]

@@camillesolange182 Ferme ta gueule connasse! Tu n’es qu’une ignorante de plus sur terre!

[@rorik.3842]

@@camillesolange182 There is a lot to be proud of!, you must be one of those ignorant self absorbed people who don't know much history or culture.. so I will excuse you :) go read some real books

[@hanaeazougagh5719]

I am muslim if i see someone is hurting i dont care who it is or what religion the person believes in i will always help them

[@heidjemeidje7189]

That is awesome, but than you are not following the Koran.

[@evelina733]

Some of these kids will have an identity crisis and it’s kinda heart-breaking. But maybe there is good in this this situation, maybe these kids will bring the two sides together one day❤️ I still have hope, not much, but I do for the peaceful solution ❤️❤️❤️

[@tareqdoc]

swear to god those two girls the Palestinian and the Israeli one, both broke my heart ❤️🥺😘

[@nwadi6408]

Shame on the grandmother and any religion that teaches the separation of humanity.

[@Lorenzoselas]

Great piece. U should do these monthly

[@tottance77]

The girl in red at 23 minutes is so sweet, there is smart kind hearted kids that has the luck to have parents that seem (hearing her) to not feed hate and fear to their children

[@freedahlogic8368]

‘Feeding fear’ is how we get our kids to learn how to cross the road safely. We tell them that some things might hurt them and we supervise their safety until it is safe for them to do it themselves. We are not in a position to judge the way that Israelis handle the threat of terrorism unless we also have neighbours who are religiously murderous zealots.