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The global judaic movie Festival in Malmö, Sweden was cancelled due to the fact that no of the organizers agreed to its organization. any have referred to unspecified "security considerations", as the organisers reported.
Since the Israeli military operation in Gaza in October 2023, many judaic cultural events have encountered akin difficulties in Western countries.In Friday's Facebook post, Sam Klebanov, 1 of the festival's organizers, wrote that "Finding a cinema for the festival proved to be a real challenge".“No studio cinema wanted to host us for different reasons“ He added. any said that “were already full’And others called ‘safety considerations’.
The festival – celebrated on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of judaic heritage in Sweden, from 29 November to 2 December – was cancelled.According to Klebanov, the festival was not threatened “No threats”, and Malmö police offered to supply additional protection.Commenting on the situation in the Instagram post on Friday, Swedish cultural minister Parisa Liljestrand described it as "An absolute disaster for society".At the beginning of this month, German anti-Semitism commissioner Felix Klein reported that since 2023 the judaic population in this country has been struggling with ‘record level’ Anti-Semitism.
In May, 2 Israeli embassy workers were killed in a shooting close the judaic Museum in Washington.Last week US president Donald Trump announced the end of the conflict in Gaza after negotiating a peace agreement between Israel and Hamas.Israel began a military operation after the deadly Hamas invasion of its territory in October 2023, resulting in more than 1,200 deaths and about 250 were taken prisoner.
Nearly 70,000 people were killed as a consequence of Israel's defensive forces in Gaza, according to local sanitary authorities.
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/626661-sweden-jewish-film-festival-cancelled/
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