Love Theft and Other Entanglements

Layabout clandestine lover smalltime hood Mousa has all kinds of skills A refugee camp resident this Palestinian does not give a damn about his fathers hardwon permit to work legally in the Israeli part of Jerusalem he would rather earn a living stealing Israeli cars and selling them to Palestinian fences Mousa is convinced that his future lies far away from all the violence and constraints that characterise life in the divided city his heart moreover belongs to a married woman Following the theft of a Passat one day he is given a brutal goingover by Palestinian militiamen On closer inspection of the vehicle he makes a discovery which suddenly makes apolitical Mousa of interest to all sides