Culture minister steals show by blasting Israeli Oscars

‘The newest Israeli tempest sidelined the protests of Arab film producers at the Ophir Award ceremony of the Israeli Academy of Film and Television on Sept. 22. Instead of inspiring public discussion of the feelings and concerns of Arab artists regarding the direction taken by the Israeli film industry, everyone’s attention turned to Minister of Culture and Sport Miri Regev. During the reading of an excerpt from Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish’s poem “ID Card,” intending to generate a discussion on the place and identity of Arab citizens in Israeli society, Regev decided to abandon the hall, and all eyes followed her.’
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