"There’s no denying that Israel has been practicing state terror for many years," Mograbi

PARIS, August 31 (IslamOnline.net) - Presenting his "August" movie to the French audience Saturday, August 30, Israeli filmmaker Avi Mograbi said it reflects the state of despair and fear Israeli citizens are suffering as well as the extent of anti-Arab Israeli discrimination.

He also told reporters present that the documentary captures different scenes from the everyday life of ordinary Israeli citizens after the eruption of Al-Aqsa Intifada on September 28, 2000.

"August" registers Israelis' reactions vis-à-vis several issues, including the construction of the controversial wall separating Israel and the West Bank, said Mograbi, a supporter of a viable and independent Palestinian state.

The Israeli filmmaker told reporters that Palestinian "suicide" operations were turning the lives of Israelis into hell and had created a security crisis inside the Israeli society.

The movie documents the daily lives of Israeli citizens and highlights a state of turmoil that might trigger an all-out chaos across Israel, he said, asserting that several scenes feature the culture of hatred so much cherished by many Israelis.

In one such scene, the documentary shows Mograbi with a crowd of Israelis who cheer police as they viscously beat and arrest young Arabs who had been throwing stones at them.

His camera veers between the beatings and the shocking support of the crowd, who begins to turn on him. The police tell him to shut his camera; that he is filming "religious" provocation.

Another telling moment comes when he films a group of Israelis donning traditional Palestinian garb in Tel Aviv to protest for Arab rights and equality.

One well-dressed woman looks on in shock, saying, "Now, I feel discriminated against because the Arabs came here."

The most disturbing scene, however, comes at the feet of Israeli children in Tel Aviv Heights, a particularly affluent part of Tel Aviv.

They flock to the camera, preening and goofing for Mograbi while simultaneously spouting vile statements against Palestinian Arabs.

"You just tell everyone that the Arabs are going six feet under," one young teenage girl casually tells the filmmaker.

Asked what the message of his movie was, Mograbi told reporters all he wanted was to present a portrait of Israeli citizens without beautification.

"This is who I am, this is spontaneous. There’s no denying that Israel has been practicing state terror for many years," he said in earlier statements.