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Florida mayor seeks to evict cinema for showing Oscar-winning No Other Land
Miami Beach mayor also proposes withdrawing grant after O Cinema screened Palestinian-focused film No Other Land
According to the mayor’s newsletter, O Cinema’s CEO, Vivian Marthell, allegedly agreed to withdraw the film from programming, citing “concerns of antisemitic rhetoric”, but Meiner claimed she reversed her decision the following day. A White House official told the Free Press that Khalil, who was arrested without charge, poses a “threat to the foreign policy and national security interests of the United States” and the “allegation here is not that he was breaking the law”. Kristen Rosen Gonzalez, a Miami Beach commissioner, said she shared the mayor’s negative assessment of the film but cautioned against a “kneejerk reaction” that could trigger “costly legal battles”, and noted O Cinema’s “longstanding commitment to the Jewish community”.
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