It is difficult to overlook the oppression faced by Palestinians living in the territories occupied by Israel. Every street is covered in rubbish and the walls are covered in graffiti. For the citizens there, every day is a struggle to survive and violence is a constant threat. Unlike Israel's modernized and prosperous cities, the occupied territories are rural and tyrannized. The helplessness that Palestinians feel as a result of this situation often serves as justification for the bombings. Although an important component of this conflict is religion, the difference in beliefs in the Middle East is not the only reason for Palestinian resistance and violence. Instead, each person is motivated to fight for freedom in a unique way. For some, the occupation has caused problems and deaths of family members or close friends. Others simply feel it is their duty to fight for independence. Whatever the reason, every freedom fighter feels that their actions are justified by the problems the occupation has posed for them. In Hany Abu-Assad's Paradise Now, two Palestinian men are chosen to commit a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, Israel. Using the two men as examples, Abu-Assad demonstrates the distinct effects each man feels in the occupied Israeli territories. Hany Abu-Assad has experienced the oppression of the Israeli occupation firsthand, and in Paradise Now, he uses long shots to show the overall injustice of the situation and close-ups to show how single people are trapped by unique circumstances. Two of the main shots used by Hany Abu-Assad in Paradise Now are close-ups and long shots. A close-up shot is defined as "a shot in which the subject is larger than the frame, revealing a lot... half of the paper... aradise Now" amidst Israeli rockets." Interview by Igal Avidan. Qantara.de. 2005. Network. 22 February 2014. Armes, Roy. Arab Filmmakers of the Middle East: A Dictionary. Bloomington, IN: Indiana UP, 2010. Print.Armstrong, Richard B. The Rough Guide to Film. Print.Boustan, Raʻanan S. Violence, Writing, and Textual Practices in Early Judaism and Christianity. Leiden, 2010. Print."Hany Abu-Assad - IMDb Biography. IMDb.com Network of cinematic terminology". IMDb. IMDb.com. Network. 2 February 2014.Paradise Now. Dir. Hany Abu-Assad. Perf. Kais Nashef and Ali Suliman. Warner Independent Pictures, 2005. DVD.White, Hilary. Magill's Cinema Annual , 2006: A Survey of the Films of 2005. Detroit: Gale Group, 2006. Print.