4- In contrast to films drawing more boundaries between Arabs and Others, the film uses the Druze community to put across a theme of fraternity. Israel in the film is not a monolith; the film pays attention to the fact that Israel contain Arab citizens who are often hidden from public discourse. 

5-Kite does not demonize those Israeli Arabs, but it also depicts them as victims of politics that go beyond their powers. The film is set on the Lebanese/Israeli border, and begins with establishing an apparent difference between the Israelis and the Lebanese. 

6-The pre-credit sequence moves between showing the Israeli Druze border soldiers surveying Lebanon through binoculars, and Lebanese Druze children flying multicolored kites near the border.