When Israeli war journalist Ron Ben-Yishai was first approached to feature in animated documentary Waltz with Bashir, he "simply didn´t want to take part".

But director Ari Folman won Ben-Yishai over. And his role, while lasting only a matter of minutes, is pivotal

In September 1982, Ben-Yishai was the first journalist to go into two refugee camps in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, after at least 800 Palestinian civilians had been killed there.

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The story of the massacre is told by Folman, a young Israeli soldier at the time, in real conversations with friends - including Ben-Yishai - and former soldiers.

Their story is brought to life by often surreal animation.

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Waltz with Bashir is in UK cinemas now.

Wednesday, 3 December 2008

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7754301.stm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J9uoLMhMhs

Thanks for the news and the links..

Whenever I hear the words ´sabra and shatila´ I always remember  Arial Sharon who become best friends with G W Bush because of war on teror. Instead, he should have been ended up in Haig.