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Egyptian filmmaker pulls out of TIFF – The world is backwards

Posted in Canada, anti-semitism, israel on Sep 17th, 2009

So now, the latest show of solidarity with the ‘Toronto Declaration’ is that an Egyptian filmmaker has pulled his film from the festival in protest of Tel Aviv’s inclusion.
If the world made sense, the sequence of events would have been that 2 weeks ago, Tel Aviv filmmakers upon hearing that an Egyptian was showing a [...]

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Jerry Seinfeld, Lisa Kudrow, back Israel at TIFF… who cares?

Posted in Canada, anti-semitism, israel on Sep 16th, 2009

A group of celebrities have issued their own letter defending Israel’s inclusion in the TIFF’s city spotlight. As the Jerusalem Post reports:
Natalie Portman, Sacha Baron Cohen, Lisa Kudrow and Jerry Seinfeld were among dozens of film professionals who issued a statement this week defending the Toronto Film Festival’s decision to spotlight Tel Aviv.
My gut [...]

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