US EditionIsraeli director receives death threats after officials call Berlin film festival ‘antisemitic’
- Journalist Yuval Abraham received death threats and canceled his flight after backlash to a speech at the Berlin International Film Festival.
- Berlin's mayor criticized the speech for "unacceptable relativization," affirming support for Israel and blaming Hamas for the suffering in Israel and Gaza.
- Abraham's co-director criticized celebrating while Palestinians are being killed in Gaza, calling for a ceasefire and end to occupation.
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Following his Berlinale speech, there were allegations of anti-Semitism against Israeli director Yuval Abraham. His house has now been attacked, he says — and criticizes Germany.
Israeli director receives death threats after calling for ceasefire at Berlin film festival
By Amy Cassidy and Chris Stern, CNN (CNN) — Israeli journalist and film director Yuval Abraham said he is receiving death threats and has canceled his flight home from the Berlin International Film Festival amid backlash to an acceptance speech in which he decried the “situation of apartheid” and called for a ceasefire in Gaza. Abraham and his Palestinian co-director Basel Adra accepted the Best Documentary award for their film “No Other Land,” …
“The Apartheid Has to End”: Director Yuval Abraham Highlights Palestinian Plight in Berlinale Speech
The Palestinian-Israeli film “No Other Land” has taken the prize for best documentary at the Berlin film festival, the Berlinale, in Germany. The film looks at Israel’s mass expulsion of Palestinians living in Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank. The film was made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective. One of the filmmakers, the Israel journalist Yuval Abraham, said he has received death threats after making these comments about him and his Pa…
After the scandal at the Berlinale Gala: Abraham reports death threats and defends himself against accusations of “anti
Israeli filmmaker Yuval Abraham says he is facing death threats after his controversial speech at the Berlinale gala. In a haunting post, he reports about a “right-wing Israeli mob” that visited and threatened him and close family members. The term "anti-Semitism" is being misused by Germans "not only to silence Palestinian critics of Israel, but also to silence Israelis like me," he says. Abraham also expressed concern about the safety of Pales…
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