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Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel activists aim to disrupt Oscars with street protest

2024-03-11

[IsraelTimes] Several groups collaborating on march through Los Angeles under banner ’No awards during a genocide!’; police to boost presence in addition to already heavy security.

Pro-Paleostinian, anti-Israel activists aim to disrupt arrivals at Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony with a street protest that will call for an immediate ceasefire in the ongoing Israel-Hamas
Hamas

...one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,...
war.

Organizers expect hundreds of people to turn up with the intention of causing as much disruption as possible, the Hollywood Reporter said Saturday. Demonstrators intend to march and block roads under the banner "No awards during a genocide!"

The protest will also call for an end to what organizers described as "the blockade of 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 oppression and disproportionate response...
and the occupation of Paleostine."

Various artists and film workers are behind the protest, which was set up in collaboration with several organizations such as Writers Against the War on Gaza LA (WAWOG), Film Workers for Paleostine, and SAG-AFTRA Members

The 96th Oscar Awards are scheduled for Sunday evening at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood.

Film Workers for Paleostine, in a joint statement with the anti-Zionist Jewish Voice for Peace LA chapter, posted details to Instagram of the rallying point for the protest at LA’s Cinerama Dome, along with a poster declaring, "While you’re watching bombs are dropping."

"Let’s mobilize and take the streets to show that we refuse to look away from this ongoing genocide! Ceasefire NOW!" the statement said.

Film Workers for Paleostine and SAG-AFTRA for Ceasefire, also among the organizers, said in a statement last week, "We will not let people turn away from the atrocities in Gaza. We are taking action and making sure Paleostine will NOT be ignored for some glitz and glam."

"We are well aware of the protesters, we have a number of backup scenarios we can activate quickly if needed," a security bigshot working for the Academy told Deadline on Saturday. "Working with our partners in the LAPD, we anticipate no problems or delays for our guests and nominees."

Steel fencing was already thrown up around the theater last week, as has been the case at previous Oscar award ceremonies.

An Oscar official told Deadline, "This is an industry built on always having a Plan B. Everyone has a right to protest, of course, but the show must go on, as they say."

Last week the Los Angeles police said it would boost its presence at the award ceremony to prevent war protests from disrupting the event.

Cmdr. Randy Goddard of the Los Angeles Police Department said intelligence, some of it gleaned from social media posts, indicated that at least one group "would like to stop the Academy Awards," The New York Times

...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
reported at the time.

Goddard said police were aiming to ensure the safety of guests at the awards but also noted, "We are going to try very hard to make contact with the groups as they show up, and lay out the expectation that we as the police are here to support your First Amendment constitutional rights [to freedom of speech]."

"We’re hopefully going to find that middle ground," Goddard said.

He noted that aside from police there will be almost 2,000 private security guards on duty for the Oscars. "My objective is to get the guests safely inside that venue," he said.

An FBI spokeswoman told the Times it maintains a presence at the Academy Awards, as it does at other special events, to share intelligence and support police.

While efforts will be made to keep war activism away from the ceremony, there will be no crackdown on opinions inside the building.

Academy sources told the New York Post last week that Oscar organizers will not censor speeches given by award winners at the event.

According to the Post, Oscar nominees Bradley Cooper and Mark Ruffalo were among over 260 artists who signed a letter to US President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. Old, boring, a plagiarist, fond of hair sniffing and grabbing the protruding parts of women, and not whatcha call brilliant... or is that an act?...
in October calling for a ceasefire.

Activism has also hit the music industry. A few dozen pro-Paleostinian protesters demonstrated at the Grammy Awards in February, briefly blocking traffic. Inside the event, singer and social media influencer Montana Tucker donned a dress featuring a large yellow ribbon at its center, in a nod to the hostages still being held.

There were also minor protests at the Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica the same month. In January, some celebrities donned yellow ribbon badges for the Golden Globes awards.

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