The boycott against Germany's complicity in #IsraelTerroristState genocide of Gaza is having an effect. Total boycott of german culture, products, relationships became urgent in the face of german government and several (almost all) institutions' support of #IsraelWarCrimes.
“This change is the result of actions taken by a large number of people on the ground in Berlin, and around the world,” Strike Germany wrote in a statement posted on Instagram. “By adopting the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism, the policy would have penalized those who criticize the state of Israel—at a moment when Israel is engaged in a genocidal assault on #Palestinians in #Gaza.”
Is Germany’s stance on Gaza leading artists to avoid one of Europe’s top film festivals?
According to the Berlin Film Festival’s new director, that may be the case.
Tricia Tuttle, who previously ran the BFI London Film Festival and succeeds Carlo Chatrian and Mariëtte Rissenbeek after having been appointed by Germany’s Culture Minister Claudia Roth, is about to helm her first edition this coming February. She has said that the impression #Germany is giving with regards to controlling free speech on the #MiddleEast conflict is directly affecting her first edition in charge, and that there are fears that criticism of Israel would be condemned as antisemitism in Germany.
Last month, the German parliament passed a resolution on the protection of Jewish life, a controversial move that has led opponents to say that it equates criticism of Israel with #antisemitism.