Cross my heart, hope to die, stick a needle in my eye.” As a child, these were the only authentic words of promise. Crossing the heart symbolized sincerity. Hoping to die and being willing to stick a ...

Just when news from the Middle East couldn't be more wrenching comes "Promises," a documentary about the children of the region's age-old conflict, which, if they are any indication, shows little hope ...

THE morning after screening the film "Promises," an Oscar-nominated documentary about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as seen through the eyes of children, I opened the day's newspapers to headlines ...