Love of the Land: Who's The Real Hero?

Who's The Real Hero?

Honest Reporting/Backspin
11 March '10
Posted before Shabbat

(The Bar-Lev story link is a must read)

Actress Laila Rouass wants to make a film about Palestinian terrorist Leila Khaled. The Daily Telegraph writes:

“Was she a revolutionary fighter or was she a terrorist?” asks the actress. “I suppose that is up to the individual to decide. She is still alive and lives in Jordan. I have spoken to her on the phone and I would love to go meet her in person.”

Rouass has funding for the film. “There are very few times that you see the female side of these things and what drives a woman to do what she did,” adds the actress.

Khaled was part of a PLO plot to hijack five Western airplanes and use the hostages to gain the release of other imprisoned terrorists.

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Love of the Land: Who's The Real Hero?