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Jewish Cinema-Goers in UK Harassed by Protesters at Israeli Film Festival
(Brighton & Hove News-UK) Jo Wadsworth - A dozen protesters waved banners and used a megaphone in a bid to stop people going to see a film at an Israeli film festival in Brighton on Sunday. The protest was organized by the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign (PSC) against the screening of "Tel Aviv on Fire" by Palestinian director Sameh Zoabi. Fiona Sharpe of the Sussex Jewish Representative Council said: "Everyone is entitled to their own views but to scream and shout at a mainly elderly Jewish community, holding them responsible for the actions of another sovereign nation, is purely intimidation and harassment. Why these people feel it is okay to abuse people going to see a film, which was written and directed by a Palestinian with a mainly Palestinian cast, is beyond me."