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Cannes Film Festival on Edge as Hollywood’s Israeli-Palestinian Divide Widens
Cannes Film Festival is bracing for protests, politically charged speeches and shows of solidarity with Palestinians, Israeli hostages and Ukrainians.
As wars rage in Gaza and Ukraine, attendees and organizers anticipate protests, politically charged speeches and pins and flags that signal solidarity with Palestinian civilians, Israeli hostages and Ukrainians looking for more military assistance from the West as they try to fend off the Russian invasion. or anywhere,” Omar Sy, one of the jurors, recently shared on Instagram in a post urging elected leaders to take action to try to stop Israel’s ground offensive in the Gaza city of Rafa. Gadi Wildstrom, who organizes the annual Cannes Shabbat dinner for industry power brokers, says this year’s event will go on as planned despite heightened security concerns amid the darkening geopolitical picture.
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