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London’s oldest cinema has been targeted by anti-Israel protesters ahead of a private screening of a documentary on the October 7 massacre at the Supernova music festival.
“Say no to artwashing” in large red lettering was found graffitied across the front of the much-loved Phoenix Cinema in East Finchley, north London, this morning. The iconic signage had also been splattered with red paint….
Odelia Haroush, one of the founders and the CEO of the Seret Israeli film festival, which is hosting tonight’s screening of “Supernova”, told the JC: “What they have written is awful, and it’s so not true. On the contrary to artwashing, we are showing what really happened on October 7. We are showing a documentary film. The world should know about the horrors.
Haroush added: “I’m totally against cancelling culture. If the other side has something to say, they can make a film and screen it.”…
Campaign Against Antisemitism posted on Twitter: “Ahead of a screening of a documentary about Hamas’ barbaric attack on the Nova music festival on 7th October, in which over 360 people were killed, the @PhoenixCinema has been defaced.
"The historic Cinema resides in Finchley, an area of London home to a large Jewish community. This vandalism must be investigated immediately as a matter of urgency, @MetPoliceUK”
Sarah Sackman, Labour candidate for Finchley and Golders Green, wrote on X/Twitter: “I’m not going to dignify the criminals who did this damage by reposting the image of their disgusting action. This community cinema in a diverse neighbourhood is screening a documentary about the 7 October pogrom. The cinema should screen it.”
A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said that the graffiti was being investigated “as a potential hate crime”, but that no arrests had been made.
Protests and counter-protests are expected to take place outside the cinema before this evening’s screening. The Met spokeserson said that officers would be there “to make sure those attending can protest safely whilst at the same time minimising serious disruption to the community”.
What possible justification can there be for violently protesting a documentary film like this? What antisemitic moral sewer do these people swim in?
A petition at Change.org. – Stop the Planned Protests in Finchley and Protect the Jewish Community.
Update:
This is what we love to see.
The front of the @Phoenixcinema East Finchley securing the building from Pro-Hamas maniacs who want to disrupt the showing of the Nova Festival film.
Plenty of support for Israel.
— Kosher🎗🧡 (@KosherCockney) May 23, 2024
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