Israeli Culture Minister Vows to Defund Local Film Academy Awards After Anti-War Movie ‘The Sea’ Wins Top Prize

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The Israeli culture and sports minister Miki Zohar has vowed to cut the funding for the Ophir Awards which gave the top prize to “The Sea,” an Arabic-language drama about a Palestinian boy from the West Bank who risks his life to go to the beach in Tel Aviv. Israeli’s top film honors, the Ophir […]

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