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Officially exempt from service in the military, Israel’s Arab citizens nevertheless enlist in small numbers each year. Often viewed with curiosity, if not outright suspicion, by Jewish soldiers, they frequently face similar skepticism from their fellow Arabs, who sometimes look at them as traitors.
In “Ameer Got His Gun,” director Naomi Levari tells the story of a young man from an uncharacteristically patriotic family in Sakhnin, a mostly Muslim town in the Lower Galilee. Because of a family tradition going back two generations, the title character’s father expects him to serve, even though it means cementing his future as something of an outcast. The documentary follows the conflicted young man through enlistment, basic training and his deployment as a border patrolman in Hebron. Ameer is a shy, agreeable kid, fond of music, kind to his mother and younger brothers. During the film, viewers watch as he nervously passes security screenings and looks for acceptance among his new peers, trying to navigate between two communities defined by their mutual distrust.
link-->His big secret: He's Arab, Muslim and serves in the IDF | The Times of Israel
In “Ameer Got His Gun,” director Naomi Levari tells the story of a young man from an uncharacteristically patriotic family in Sakhnin, a mostly Muslim town in the Lower Galilee. Because of a family tradition going back two generations, the title character’s father expects him to serve, even though it means cementing his future as something of an outcast. The documentary follows the conflicted young man through enlistment, basic training and his deployment as a border patrolman in Hebron. Ameer is a shy, agreeable kid, fond of music, kind to his mother and younger brothers. During the film, viewers watch as he nervously passes security screenings and looks for acceptance among his new peers, trying to navigate between two communities defined by their mutual distrust.
link-->His big secret: He's Arab, Muslim and serves in the IDF | The Times of Israel