Kingsley on "Palestine"

This is actually an interesting idea.

The award-winning 1982 film Gandhi is being released across the West Bank and Gaza to try to persuade Palestinians to embrace non-violent resistance.

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and actor Ben Kingsley, who starred as the pacifist Indian leader in the film, attended the premiere in Ramallah.

The project is being co-sponsored by Jeff Skoll, the founder of the internet auction site EBay.

I'm as skeptical (skeptical? sceptical?) as some of the folks who watched the film, but maybe it'll have a positive influence.