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Last night, on Amazon Prime, I watched the Israeli movie, "FOXTROT", which is in Hebrew with English subtitles.

The movie is a tragedy within a tragedy multiplied by a tragedy.

It starts with the Feldman family being mistakenly notified by Israeli Army officers that their son, has been killed in the line of duty.

Their son is stationed at a remote Border checkpoint, code named, "FOXTROT", which is monotonous, but dangerous duty, showing the mutual resentment between Arab and Jew.

This results in a horribly tragic incident where the Israeli soldiers mistakenly machinegun a carload of innocent travelers, evidence of which is then concealed on orders of the visiting commanding general.

Because of the previous shock to the Feldmans, their son is ordered to leave his post and immediately return home on the supply truck.

Can you guess what happens next?

These soldiers are all terribly young, with no comprehension of the Holocaust aftermath or the threat of national genocide, as indicated by a bored and confused soldier questioning why are they at that location and what purpose do they serve?

Last night, on Amazon Prime, I watched the movie, "WHERE ESKIMOS LIVE", and learned about a problem I didn't know existed.

During the Balkans wars, a man impersonating a United Nations official tours the war zone seeking an orphan whom he kidnaps to sell to traffickers intent on harvesting the child's organs for transplanting.

However, the movie does eventually have a happy ending.

BUT, does this same situation currently take place in the Russia Ukraine War?

And, why should I need to write more and give away the plot to those who have yet to see this movie, even though the Internet Movie Data Base administrators require so much unnecessary revelations?

A good movie critique should be brief, but enticing.

Since folks had told me what a great movie this was, I actually bought a digital copy on AMAZON PRIME. But, I was disappointed. In my opinion, it was nowhere nearly as good as the 1976 version.