Paradise Now is a film about two childhood friends, Khaled and Said, who live in Nablus, West Bank. Ali Suliman plays Khaled and Kais Nashef plays Said. The two are mechanics belonging to a radical terrorist movement that is planning to carry out the first suicide attack in two years. At first you can tell that Khaled doesn't like working at the mechanic shop because the first scene shows himself and Said helping a customer with the front bumper of his car. The man claims that the bumper is not straight and wants to speak to the shop owner. After minutes of arguing, Khaled becomes angry with the customer and takes an object which he uses to break the side of the bumper that the customer claims is out of line. Khaled is fired from his job because of this action. Jamal, played by Amer Hlehel, is Khaled and Said's assistant for the terrorist group in the film. He is the first person to contact the two about the planned suicide bombing. When he talks about the mission for the first time he talks about how Khaled and Said were chosen to complete the mission together, as they wanted. I believe Jamal states that they were chosen together, as Khaled and Said wanted, to keep them busy carrying out the mission. The men are told that the attack will take place the next day at a busy military checkpoint in Israel. They are told to detonate the bombs at two separate times, the second being detonated 15 minutes after the first so as to kill the policemen who enter in response to the first bomb. Khaled and Said both record videos glorifying God and their cause, as well as greeting their families and friends. The couple then has their hair cut, shaved and dressed in clothes, so they look like Israelis. Their......paper center......is about the Arab-Israeli conflict and life under military occupation. Being from the United States, we don't have to deal with terrorist groups recruiting for suicide bombing missions, nor do we have to watch our father get murdered for collaborating with another government. I still don't agree that suicide bombings are the answer to resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict, but now I better understand why some might think it's the best solution. The people of Nablus live in fear and do not enjoy life. They have to deal with dirty water, poor living and working conditions and the constant threat of war in their backyard. Some of these people believe that the only way to become equal to your enemy is to die. They believe that these suicide bombing missions glorify their God and they are dying with honor when they carry out one of these horrendous missions.