Israel LA envoy criticizes new Spielberg film 'Munich'

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Israel's consul-general in Los Angeles levelled criticism Sunday at Steven Spielberg's "Munich," saying that the new film drew an incorrect picture of the Mossad's hunt for the PLO terrorists of the 1972 Olympic massacre, and taking the legendary director to task for morally equating the Israeli agents and their Palestinian terrorist targets.

Ehud Danoch, Consul General of Israel in Los Angeles, said Spielberg had addressed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with "a certain pretentiousness" and "quite superficial statements."

The film follows a Mossad hit squad assigned to track down and kill the Palestinian Black September gunmen behind the abduction of Israeli athletes during the Munich Olympics. Eleven atheletes were killed in an ill-fated rescue operation attempted by German security forces.

"The film is based on the book written by George Jonas, a book in which there is no truth," said Ehud Danoch, Consul General of Israel in Los Angeles, in a reference to Canadian journalist Jonas' book Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team.

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1. The film ain't nuthin but crap! n/t

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2. You have seen it? n/t