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Pro-Palestine campaign calls for boycott of New Zealand film festival until Israel ties cut
The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) has called for boycott of Doc Edge Festival in New Zealand until it drops partnership with the Israeli embassy.
The call for the boycott came after Doc Edge named the Israeli embassy as a supporter on its website.
In a statement released on Thursday, PACBI, a founding member of the global BDS movement, said that accepting any funding from the Israeli regime would be a vicious attempt to normalize apartheid and military occupation of Palestine.
The group, which includes hundreds of film professionals, movie directors and international artists, called for effective measures to hold the Israeli regime accountable for its brutal oppression of Palestinians.
PACBI said that Doc Edge is complicit through its art-washing partnership with apartheid Israel, urging all film professionals to boycott it.
More than 200 prominent filmmakers have pledged not to submit films in “events partially or fully sponsored by complicit Israeli institutions until Israel complies with international law and respects Palestinian human rights”.
https://www.presstv.co.uk/Detail/2022/06/16/684021/Palestine-Israel-BDS-New-Zealand--PACBI--Doc-Edge
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