An Israeli film-maker who won one of the top prizes at the Berlin film festival has said German officials’ description of the awards ceremony as “antisemitic” has led to death threats and the physical intimidation of family members, causing him to hold off plans to return to Israel.



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Israeli director receives death threats after calling for ceasefire at Berlin film festival

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Israeli filmmaker gets death threats after calling for Gaza ceasefire at Berlinale

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,” …

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Yuval Abraham löste auf der Preisverleihung einen Eklat aus. Jetzt erhält er Morddrohungen – und übt Kritik an deutschen Politikern.

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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.

Nach seiner Berlinale-Rede gab es Antisemitismusvorwürfe gegen den israelischen Regisseur Yuval Abraham. Nun sei sein Haus attackiert worden, sagt er – und kritisiert Deutschland.

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“To stand on German soil as the son of Holocaust survivors and call for a ceasefire - and then be branded an anti-Semite, is outrageous,” the director said.

«Το να στέκεσαι σε γερμανικό έδαφος ως γιος επιζώντων του Ολοκαυτώματος και να ζητάς κατάπαυση του πυρός - και στη συνέχεια να σε χαρακτηρίζουν αντισημίτη, είναι εξοργιστικό» δήλωσε ο σκηνοθέτης.

Ισραηλινός σκηνοθέτης δέχεται απειλές θανάτου αφού η Γερμανία αποκάλεσε τη Berlinale «αντισημιτική»

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Israeli director Yuval Abraham, who won one of the main prizes at the last Berlin Film Festival, says he received death threats after German politicians criticized the event's award as anti-Semitic. The filmmaker also says that members of his family were physically intimidated in Israel, which led him to delay plans to return to the country.
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O diretor israelense Yuval Abraham, que venceu um dos principais pr�mios do �ltimo Festival de Berlim, afirma que recebeu amea�as de morte ap�s pol�ticos alem�es criticarem a premia��o do evento como antissemita. O cineasta tamb�m diz que membros de sua fam�lia foram intimidados fisicamente em Israel, o que o levou a adiar os planos de retornar ao pa�s.
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Israeli director who won the prize at the Berlin Film Festival is threatened with death

“No Other Land” co-director Yuval Abraham announced he is receiving death threats after calling for a ceasefire in Gaza onstage during the 2024 Berlinale closing ceremony.  Abraham, who co-directed documentary “No Other Land” alongside Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, and Rachel Szor, pointed to the different experiences between himself and Adra due to their ethnicities. While Abraham is Israeli, Adra is Palestinian and living under military occupatio…

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‘No Other Land’ Director Received ‘Death Threats’ After Calling for Gaza Ceasefire at Berlinale

The German government's threat to investigate Yuval Abraham "for simply acknowledging the apartheid under which his Palestinian co-director lives, is both chilling and completely absurd," said one film critic.

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Israeli director receives death threats after officials call Berlin film festival ‘antisemitic’

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