His brother in the movie was played by an Iranian Actor Peyman Maadi ( Persian: پیمان معادی ) which is an interesting selection of actors. He plays a democracy loving person and therefor being held in a kind of prison by the character of Lior Raz. So Michael Bay perhaps tried to give a nuanced look on the Israel-Palestine conflict in that way. Because one actor is from Israel ( a democracy loving country ) but he plays a dictator. And the other actor is from Iran ( a dictatorship ) but he plays a democracy loving person. Hm...
I think that the writer / director Weston Razooli ( who plays one of the adults too ) is pulling out a magic trick on the audience and on the rating board members. The movie with all the strong elements got only a PG-13 rating. And I think the reason for it is that most of the "bad things" you can see or hear in the movie are done by adorable little children. Like that one time when that kid says "Son of a bitch!" so cutely that you cannot possibly feel the impact of the words.