The first question came from a Jerusalem native, who complimented the filmmakers but then called the situation tragic because Jews were stuck there, in a place where they never should have settled in the first place.
Gilo was built after 1967 on land Israel captured in the Six-Day War. While most Jews consider it a part of Jerusalem, Palestinians consider it a settlement.
Another asked why the filmmakers did not interview residents of Beit Jala, and a Palestinian said that the bullets endured by the Israelis were nothing compared with the mortars and shells the Israelis were using against the Palestinians.
The questions remained along those lines, with the filmmakers getting visibly frustrated.
“We would be lynched” if we went to Beit Jala, filmmaker Koby Yonatan said at one point. Later, when an audience member said the filmmakers were not objective, he responded, “You can never be objective in anything creative.”
One Israeli woman, who identified herself as a tourist, did show sympathy for the Israeli point of view. “All those people here who are so nice to those who shoot at us should give their homes back to the Indians,” she said.