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Why was an S.F. Jewish Film Festival movie just banned in Israel?

On Oct. 10, Israeli police surrounded the Al Saraya Theater in Jaffa, ordering the cancellation of a planned screening of the Palestinian sci-fi documentary “Lyd,” and detaining theater manager Mahmoud Abu Arisha for hours of questioning. The raid was carried out following a letter that Israel’s Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar, a member of […]