(Observer Network) According to CNN, Israeli director Yuval Abraham disclosed a shocking experience on social media on February 27: He appealed at the Berlin Film Festival After the Palestinian-Israeli ceasefire, he received death threats and was labeled "anti-Semitic". For this reason, he had to cancel his flight home.
html On the 24th, the film "No Other Land" co-directed by Abraham and Palestinian director Basel Adra won the Best Documentary Award at the Berlin Film Festival. The film documented Israel's The eviction of Palestinians and the demolition of Palestinian homes in the West Bank.
Abraham and Adela gave their acceptance speeches at the Berlin Film Festival/AFP
When he took the stage to deliver his acceptance speech, Abraham denounced the "apartheid situation" and called for a ceasefire in Gaza, which got him into trouble. .
His remarks aroused the dissatisfaction of Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner. The mayor posted on social media on the 25th that the speech was "unacceptable relativization" and he urged the film festival management layer to “ensure that such an incident does not happen again.”
"There is no doubt that Berlin stands firmly with Israel," he added. "Hamas bears full responsibility for the profound suffering in Israel and the Gaza Strip."
Meanwhile, Israel's ambassador to Germany Ron Pro Ron Prosor called Abraham's comments "blatantly anti-Semitic and anti-Israel" and accused the German cultural community of "demonstrating its bias".
"Yesterday, a group of Israeli right-wing thugs came to my house looking for me and threatened a close family member, causing the latter to have to flee to another town in the middle of the night." Abraham wrote on social media x, "I still I received death threats and had to cancel my flight home. In my speech, I called for equality between Israelis and Palestinians, a ceasefire and an end to apartheid, but the Israeli media and German politicians ridiculously misrepresented my speech at the Berlin Film Festival. The acceptance speech was labeled 'anti-Semitic.'"
Abraham also said that the word "anti-Semitism" was "shockingly misused" "not only to silence Palestinian critics of Israel, but also to silence Palestinian critics of Israel." Silencing Israelis like me who support a ceasefire only makes the term hollow and a threat to Jews around the world. A ceasefire will end the killings in Gaza and allow for the release of Israeli detainees."
Directed by Abraham Screenshot of the documentary "Nowhere Else"
During the film festival awards ceremony, Abraham gave a speech and said: "It is really difficult for me to celebrate when tens of thousands of people are being massacred by Israel in Gaza."
He mentioned that although he He and his partner Adela "live only 30 minutes away from each other", but they face very different situations.
“I live under civil law and Basel under military law,” he said. “I have the right to vote; Basel does not. I can move freely across the land; Basel Just like millions of Palestinians, trapped in the occupied West Bank."
He continued: "We need to call for a ceasefire. We need to call for a political solution to end the occupation."
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