Misplaced sympathy

I have an idea for a dramatic movie. Two sensitive and intelligent young men
are told by their handlers that they must prepare themselves to become suicide
bombers. They are given instructions and then there is much soul-searching,
giving them a sympathetic view from the audience that identifies with their
terrible dilemma, whether or not to kill themselves (of course, there is no
consideration for the fate of their intended victims. After much
soul-searching they decide to go ahead with the action, and fly a plane into
the World Trade Center, killing themselves and 3,000 others.
Now if that had been the plot of the movie "Paradise Now" I doubt that it
would be garnering prizes in Hollywood. As it is, the Foreign Press
Association of Hollywood (consisting of 80 non-Americans) have not
surprisingly voted this the best foreign movie of 2005. That's because the
victims are merely Israelis, and everyone knows that they "occupy" and
persecute the poor Palestinians, and therefore anything the Palestinians do
against them is justified. However, that is not the case if the victims are
Americans working in an office at the WTC, or Brits going to work on the
underground, or Australians enjoying themselves in Bali, etc. Israelis are
dispensable.
Note also that this movie is a French-Dutch-German-Israeli co-production, and
the Palestinian-born director lives in Holland. Yet the movie was listed from
"Palestine," by the Golden Globes in their Award, when in fact Palestine does
not exist and did nothing towards the production of this movie (Israel did
more). The director Hany Abu-Assad used the moment of the prize to make a
pro-Palestinian bite that got on all the news programs (naturally). Does
anyone but me see an organized PR campaign in this?
It may be that this movie is well-made, it may be that it shows the true
dilemma that any "normal" human being might face before actually performing
this obscene act, but the whole story is misplaced. The Palestinian bombers
are not the victims as they are portrayed, they are the perpetrators, those
blown up by them are the victims, and they are not apparently given one
moment of sympathy in this movie, they are merely props. Therefore, as a work
of art it is inhuman and deficient, and it shows how far we have come that it
can be voted as the best movie in any category. Note that it has already won
an award at the Berlin Film Festival and a European Oscar.
Now there are three corollaries, first that the movie "Munich" opened the door
for this dismissal of the suffering of the true victims of terrorism and their
families, second that this tends to glamorize and justify suicide bombing (is
that what the comfortable Americans and Europeans want) and third that the
Oscars are due soon, and one hopes that the 8,500 or so Hollywood pundits
won't ignore the same issues and vote this film an Oscar. If you know anyone
who is a member of the 'Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences' please
contact them and urge them not to vote for this movie. Do we want to be
honoring movies humanizing mass murderers? If so, then why not let's get a
group together and make "Paradise Now II: the WTC bombing." See how you'd
like that!
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PS. Note that former Mossad Chief Shabtai Shavit, in a speech yesterday at a
symposium in Israel, stated that the movie "Munich," "has no relationship to
reality whatsoever...it does not properly present the way the Mossad
operates...and dishonors the Mossad." He also said that the actual events
were more dramatic than portrayed in the movie.