Israeli Minister of Culture Devolution Ovires after the victory of the Palestinian drama
Israeli Minister of Culture, Mickey Zuhar the seaWho focuses on the conflicts of a Palestinian boy who lives under occupation in the West Bank, won a Best Award.
During the era of the Israel Protocol, the Ophir movie is automatically won the best movie as an Oscar in Israel.
The production led by the Israeli director, Carmelie Pollack, and Palestinian producer Baher Aghbarian, Khaled, a 12 -year -old Palestinian boy who lives in the non -coastal West Bank on his way to visit the sea for the first time in his life, even at the checkpoint, denies his entry into.
Determination to fulfill his dream, sneaking to Israel and starting a dangerous journey to the coast, and escapes from the checkpoint, the military and the police.
The Israeli Ministry of Culture issued a statement on Wednesday morning in which Zohar called “Disraceful”, saying that the film depicts Israeli soldiers in a negative light.
“There is no greater slap in the face of Israeli citizens from the embarrassing and separate Ophir Awards ceremony,” read the statement informed by the Israeli media.
“Starting with the budget of 2026, this pathetic celebration will not be funded by taxpayers. Under my watch, Israeli citizens will not pay their pockets for a party spitting in the faces of our heroic soldiers.”
The unpaid Zohr threat is unexpected. The minister has previously turned against the awards in August when the nominations were announced for the first time and others the sea It included Nadaf Lapid Yes Natalie Brown Oxygen.
The three preferred stories of the policy of the far -right Benjamin Netanyahu’s government campaigns in Gaza and the West Bank are contradicted.
Unprepared Yes Is it bitten by satire critical of Israeli society against the background of the ongoing military campaign in Gaza, while Natalie Brown Oxygen On the authority of Umm who fights to get her son out of military service.
It remains to see whether Zohar has the authority to withdraw Ophir financing with the Israel Association for Civil Rights, saying it will challenge any such step in the courts.
Zohar’s anger from Ovires followed a great but emotional party in Tel Aviv on Tuesday evening, which is dominated by Israel’s continuous military campaign in Gaza, as well as the hostage crisis. It was revealed a few hours after the country started a major attack in Gaza City.
In the background, the left -wing film industry in traditional Israel is wrestling with the implications of a boycott campaign led by prominent Hollywood figures in protest against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.
the sea The best actor of her young star, Mohamed Ghazwi, 13, and the best support actor for khalifa natour.
Ghazwi used admission letter to make an appeal to all children who are able to “live and dream without wars.”
Natur did not attend, but he said in a statement he read on his behalf: “After the army entered Gaza and the genocide that scares me a lot, I cannot find words to describe the size of terror, and everything else becomes secondary to me. Even cinema and theater.”
Assaf Amir, head of the Israeli Film Academy, congratulated Pollack and Aghriya on their “strong and mobile works.”
“Israeli cinema once again shows its importance and ability to respond to the complex and painful facts. This is a film full of sympathy-for all human beings. Especially in the harsh reality in which we live, because the endless war in Gaza is not aimed at this,”
“In the face of Israeli government’s attacks on Israeli cinema and culture, and calls from parts of the international film community to our boycott, the choice the sea It is a strong response and talent. I am proud that a movie in Arabic was born of cooperation between the Jews and the Palestinian Israelis, which will represent Israel in the Oscar competition. “
The Ophir Awards were launched in 1990, which is equivalent to Israel from the Academy Awards. It was named after the Israeli actor Shaik Ober and was voted by 1100 members of the Israeli Academy of Cinema and Television.
The academy members have a history of work in the works of the best Oscar movie and honor, which criticizes Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians and the broader military activities.
2021 entry Let it be in the morning Written by Iran, Kolierreen, was adapted from the novel of the Palestinian writer Sayed Kashwa.
Alex Bakri starred as a Palestinian -Urban man with Israeli nationality, unable to return to his life and work in Jerusalem when his village is cut by a military siege while attending a wedding.
Samuel Macz FoxtrotWhich was the last Israeli movie to put in the short list in 2017, explored the recent shock of the Israeli army and neglected killing of the Palestinians, while Valus with Bashir He discussed the horror of the Sabra and Shatila massacre in the 1982 Lebanon war.