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Germany launches probe over Berlin film festival anti-Israel row
[IsraelTimes] German officials will investigate how Berlin film festival winners were able to make "one-sided" comments condemning Israel’s war in Gazoo...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... at the event’s finale, a government spokeswoman says. At Saturday’s awards ceremony, several winners were accused of making biased remarks on stage in relation to Israel’s war against Hamas  ...not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,..., which began after the October 7 assault by the terror group that killed some 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and saw 253 taken hostage. US filmmaker Ben Russell, wearing a Paleostinian scarf, accused Israel of committing "genocide." Paleostinian filmmaker Basel Adra said the Paleostinian population was being "massacred" by Israel, to applause from the audience. "It is unacceptable that... the terrorist attack by Hamas on 7 October was not mentioned," government spokeswoman Christiane Hoffmann tells a press briefing in Berlin on Monday. Chancellor Olaf Scholz "agrees that such a one-sided stance cannot be allowed to stand," she says. "In any debate on this topic, it is of course important to keep in mind the event that triggered this renewed escalation of the Middle East conflict — namely the Hamas attack on 7 October," she says. The culture minister and the Berlin mayor will review what happened and hold talks with the festival’s incoming director to ensure it does not happen in future, she said. But Culture Minister Claudia Roth and mayor Kai Wegner have also found themselves in hot water over the ceremony. A report in top tabloid Bild carried a picture it said showed the pair applauding Adra’s remarks. Related: Berlin film festival: 2016-02-16 'The PTSD stems from this dirty work': new film documents regretful drone pilots Berlin film festival: 2010-03-18 Wife of Iranian filmmaker says unable to meet him in jail Berlin film festival: 2008-02-09 Music cannot change the world, says Neil Young Posted by: trailing wife 2024-02-28 |
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