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However, not all critics perceived Hill’s film as leaning toward the Israeli side.
In a venomous piece for Commentary, Richard Grenier insisted that Hill was faith
ful to the pro-Palestinian views of le Carre. Grenier argued that the Palestinians in
the film were presented as idealistic, while the Israelis “conform fairly closely to
the Nazi model.” In a burst of rhetorical excess, the reviewer proclaimed, “There is
no doubt about it, Warner Brothers has made America’s first forthrightly anti-Is
rael movie.” The overwrought Grenier also expressed consternation that sponsors