[ April 16, 2024 ]
Filmmakers set to present their films at the Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival have pulled from participation, citing pressures from those pushing a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel.
Among those who’ve pulled away are director John Trengrove, who’s “The Wound” production was set to be shown on opening night, and screenwriter-actor Fawzia Mirza, and her “Signature Move” movie.
The festival opens Thursday and is set for June 10.
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But BDS activists have really ratcheted up opposition, saying the festival simply “promotes the cunical use of gay rights, known as pinkwashing, to distract from and normalize Israeli occupation, settler colonialism and apartheid,” according to the opposition group Pinkwashing, JTA reported.
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency also reported:
“Among those who have pulled out in support of the cultural boycott of Israel, Haaretz reported, are South African director John Trengrove, whose film “The Wound” is the opening-night production; Canadian-Pakistani screenwriter and actor Fawzia Mirza (“Signature Move”); Nadia Ibrahim, a Palestinian living in Denmark who was to serve as a member of the festival jury and appear on a panel, and Swiss actor Jasna Fritzi Bauer.
“Trengrove reportedly decided to cancel his participation after he had already arrived in Israel — a trip that was paid for by the cash-strapped festival, according to Haaretz. …
“Part of the festival’s funding comes from the government through the Ministry of Culture and Sport.
“The annual Tel Aviv Gay Pride Parade will be held near the end of the festival on June 9.”
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23 Comments
6 years ago
By allowing themselves to be politicized by hate groups, in this case muslims who hate both gays and Israel, gay organizations that grovel, become associated with ignorant hate filled cult members, then through association, shunned by decent fair minded people. Those submitting to islam, once they start, never stop, disregard them as they are of decreasing relevance, soon to be gone.
6 years ago
This form of expression is abominable, though Islam is way out of bounds in killing those LGBT folks, this is sin of the most blatant kind and God hates the deception and sin. But He loves us all and only asks that we ask Jesus to become our Lord and let Gods’ Holy Spirit lead us into a right way of living. Public support for this stuff just demonstrates how little Lordship is evident in a society.
6 years ago
Can someone from france confirm that this person is a muslim? His name is Maxime Hamou and he is a French tennis player who was banned for groping a female reporter live on tv!
6 years ago
Reply to
John Urban
In his mind, he’s probably blaming her for being too scantily dressed.
D
6 years ago
The most gutless of all, ready to cave at the first sign of trouble.
6 years ago
Reply to
AlgorithmicAnalyst
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6 years ago
If it wouldn’t make things easier for this BDS BS I’d wish Israel could mark everything with their flag so I could choose it first.
Think instead though, after getting my orders in restaurants, I’m going to ask if the food is halal, and then chuck some kind of animal rights bird if it is.
Boycotted “Earl’s” restaurant and its affiliates last year on account of halal food, and until the head honcho food buyer of the chain, a Muslim is canned, I ain’t going back.
No way in H I’ll believe his taqiyya that they’re keeping halal and non halal food.
Besides.
I used to ranch, and from the amount of BEEF the ag industry took from PETA, PETA should be protesting halal 24/7.
D
6 years ago
Any lgbt people who support BDS are willfully ignorant and I have no respect for them or their professed victimhood.Go have a festival in the fake country of palestine, see how “progressive” they are. Observe the true meaning of apartheid.
6 years ago
And this is important because? I’ve seen the gay pride parade in NYC. Lovely.
6 years ago
“Pinkwashing?” More like truthwashing – “legitimizing” Israel by telling the damn truth. The BDS hatemongers just can’t handle the truth. At all.
6 years ago
How about Zionist Gay Party event …???
that would be hilarious ……
hehehe…
6 years ago
Reply to
IzlamIsTyranny
with the birth of islam …… judaism is no longer relevant
latest Windows release obsoletes Windows-95 …
6 years ago
Reply to
Semur Jengkol
What did the last and final messenger of islum say about Jews, son of kalb?
“Allah’s Apostle said, ‘The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say. “O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him.”‘”
Ishaq:441
In Sahih Muslim: Book 041, Number 6985:
Abu Huraira reported Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The last hour would not come unless the Muslims will fight against the Jews and the Muslims would kill them until the Jews would hide themselves behind a stone or a tree and a stone or a tree would say: Muslim, or the servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him; but the tree Gharqad would not say, for it is the tree of the Jews.
Bukhari:V4B52N177
“Allah’s Apostle said, ‘You Muslims will fight the Jews till some of them hide behind stones. The stones will betray them saying, “O Abdullah (slave of Allah)! There is a Jew hiding behind me; so kill him.”‘”
6 years ago
Reply to
IzlamIsTyranny
thats a narrative about bad jews in hadits …. thats not in quran ..
many warning from god about “specific behavior” of jews … especially the bad jews ….
Later on it’s proven in history …
Do you know why America’s founding fathers were trying to legislate banning on jews migration to newly found America ??
Antisemitism is bad ….. but why it’s been going on for centuries ??
Hollocaust is bad …. but why it happened at the first place ???
who and where they killed 6 million jews ?? ….. in muslims country ???? …hehehehee
6 years ago
How about Zionist Gay Party event at Wailing Wall ….??
great idea ain’t it ??
6 years ago
Cowards.
D
6 years ago
Let them show their films in Gaza and see what happens. Gutless cowards, one and all.
6 years ago
Let these pink assholes have their gay LGBTQ Film Fest in Palestinian territory…that should go over like a lead balloon.
6 years ago
I wonder just what this “pressure” is that is so hard to resist. Hmmm…. Meanwhile, we need to pay tribute to those who do not cave. Anyway, for this festival, it gives the ones who do show up a better chance for their work to be seen, heard and to win.
6 years ago
HEADS UP
June is LGBTQ MONTH
And there are gay pride parades all over the country. HOWEVER, this year, these parades have been hijacked by regressive subversives, a fact that is not being made public. So, those flooding in will have no idea that they will actually be participating in an anti~Trump march. This way, it will look like the cause has more numbers than it actually does. Plus, many of these marchers will be paid shills.
