Because their original reactions and emotions towards the situation need to evolve, otherwise their would not be a film.
The changes of emotions are ironic, and these changes enabled the director to both flesh out the men who choose to be suicide bombers and explore multiple points of view about the issue.
By allowing the characters the capacity to change their emotions, he humanized "terrorists", demonstrating to viewers that these men are men, not mindless machines or blind religious fanatics, these are men who think and feel, who consider all the ramifications of their actions, who struggle within themselves to justify their choices, who likely pull the string still unsure whether or not what they are doing is truly helping Palestinians.
Through these emotional struggles, viewers are presented with multiple points of view enveloping the issue, especially deeply-rooted psychological points of view, providing viewers with a balanced volume of political and social discourse pertaining to the Palestinian worldview.
The director wanted to explore an important issue, and he wove as many points of view as he could into the film pertaining to the Palestinian situation, because this was his first major chance to promote the Palestinian cause for a global audience.
Khaled entered the mission a machine, and a man emerged with a strong love for life and a determination to not allow the "occupation" to "kill" his life.
Said entered the mission a man with a strong love for his family and determination to enjoy his life, and deconstructed into a psychologically gridlocked machine, unable to mentally function, emotionally battered to the point of no return [but we do not know if he pulled that string].
The evolution of the characters is the vital element of the film, without which there would have been no film.
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