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   >>Israel's Channel 11 (from the Kan public broadcaster) poured fuel on the fire when it aired a segment about the award that included Abraham's remarks under the chryon "The Israeli filmmaker's antisemitic speech." From there, the situation quickly went downhill. Abraham found himself facing attacks on social media. The mildest of them accused him of hypocrisy.<<

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     stephie :betterpride_flag: (stephie_hamburg@norden.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Feb-2024 21:52:24 JST stephie :betterpride_flag:

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     >>The fact that other speakers used the stage that evening to express solidarity with the Palestinians and call for a cease-fire caused the Israeli ambassador: "Under the guise of freedom of expression and art, antisemitic and anti-Israel rhetoric is celebrated," he stated. Berlin Municipality, meanwhile, announced that it was opening an investigation into whether the festival organizers had ensured that the awards ceremony reflected a wide range of viewpoints and, if not, why. <<

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     stephie :betterpride_flag: (stephie_hamburg@norden.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Feb-2024 21:52:25 JST stephie :betterpride_flag:

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     >>Yuval Abraham, one of the film's two Israeli directors, talked about the differences in basic rights between the two peoples that inhabit his land. "I'm living under a civilian law and Basel is under military law," he said. "I'm free to move where I want in this land. Basel is, like millions of Palestinians, locked in the occupied West Bank." He also used the word "apartheid," stressed the word "occupation" and expressed hope for an imminent cease-fire in Gaza.<<

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     stephie :betterpride_flag: (stephie_hamburg@norden.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Feb-2024 21:52:27 JST stephie :betterpride_flag:

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     >>It was a win against all odds, especially as one of the four had never directed a film before. [...]

     Basel Adra told the audience that it was difficult to celebrate when tens of thousands of his fellow Palestinians were being slaughtered in Gaza and his community of Masafer Yatta in the West Bank was being leveled by Israeli bulldozers. That latter point, in fact, was the subject of their documentary. He then urged the German government to stop sending arms to Israel.<<

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     stephie :betterpride_flag: (stephie_hamburg@norden.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Feb-2024 21:52:28 JST stephie :betterpride_flag:

     Interessanter Artikel, über Yuval Abraham und Basal Adra, was sie erlebt haben über den Shitstorm dem sie ausgesetzt sind:

     >>'When My Speech Was Called Antisemitic, I Was Shocked'

     Winning the prize for best documentary at the Berlin Film Festival was supposed to be the pinnacle of Israeli filmmaker Yuval Abraham's career. The response to his acceptance speech for 'No Other Land' has left him stunned – but not into silence<<
     https://www.haaretz.com/life/2024-02-28/ty-article-magazine/.premium/when-my-speech-was-called-antisemitic-i-was-shocked/0000018d-efc4-dd8a-a5af-effe1d7c0000?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=Content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=c975da233d (ggf Paywall)

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