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Berlin Festival Deals With Impact of the Gaza War, Filmmaker Protests and Cancellations
As the Israel-Gaza war continues to rage, repercussions are being felt at the politically charged Berlinale.
As the death toll continues to rise, with nearly 30,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza — a region governed by Hamas since 2006 — many attendees are drawing parallels with Russia’s war in Ukraine. “When the war in Ukraine began, or when there were demonstrations happening against the regime in Iran last year, they showed endless support to these causes, yet Gaza is now being totally ignored,” says Berlin-based Palestinian director and artist Kamal Aljafari (“Paradiso, XXXI, 108,” “An Unusual Summer”). Germany’s Nazi past has made unwavering support for Israel a political commandment for all of the country’s major parties, including the far-right AfD, and that view affects funding institutions and cultural events, observers note.
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