Pro-Israel
lobbies in Germany have reacted angrily to a decision by the Berlin
International Film Festival (Berlinale) to honor a director who supports
boycotting the Israeli regime.
UK Banned Press TV: The 64th annual film festival is set to grant on Thursday an honorary
Golden Bear to Ken Loach, the British film director critical of Tel
Aviv’s policies.
Deidre Berger, head of the Berlin office of the American Jewish Committees (AJL), claimed that Loach “uses his prominence to call for a cultural boycott of Israel.”
She also said it was a “disgrace” for the festival to pander to the film director distinguished through what she described as “bigotry.”
The British director of such films as, My Name is Joe, and, Bread and Roses, has repeatedly called for the boycott of Israel over its treatment of Palestinians.
In a recent interview with the German daily Der Tagesspiegel, Loach said Israel had broken international laws, lied to the world about its nuclear weapons, confiscated lands from Palestinians, and thrown Palestinian children in prison.
Loach also said the boycott of Tel Aviv is the only way to accomplish what neither the United Nations nor the United States did to force Israel to return the occupied Palestinian lands to their true owners.
Meanwhile, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against the Israeli regime is gaining momentum all across the globe.
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UK Banned Press TV: The 64th annual film festival is set to grant on Thursday an honorary
Golden Bear to Ken Loach, the British film director critical of Tel
Aviv’s policies.In a statement on the festival’s website, Berlinale Director Dieter Kosslick said he admires Loach for his “profound interest in people and their individual fates, as well as his critical commitment to society.”However, German zionazi groups expressed anger at the decision.
Deidre Berger, head of the Berlin office of the American Jewish Committees (AJL), claimed that Loach “uses his prominence to call for a cultural boycott of Israel.”
She also said it was a “disgrace” for the festival to pander to the film director distinguished through what she described as “bigotry.”
The British director of such films as, My Name is Joe, and, Bread and Roses, has repeatedly called for the boycott of Israel over its treatment of Palestinians.
In a recent interview with the German daily Der Tagesspiegel, Loach said Israel had broken international laws, lied to the world about its nuclear weapons, confiscated lands from Palestinians, and thrown Palestinian children in prison.
Loach also said the boycott of Tel Aviv is the only way to accomplish what neither the United Nations nor the United States did to force Israel to return the occupied Palestinian lands to their true owners.
Meanwhile, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against the Israeli regime is gaining momentum all across the globe.
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