Israeli Ambassador Naor Gilon Shares Screenshot of Anti-Semitic Abuse He Allegedly Received After IFFI Jury Called Out The Kashmir Files

By admin On Dec 4, 2022

Israeli Ambassador to India Naor Gilon on Saturday shared on Twitter a screenshot of an anti-Semitic message he allegedly received amid the row over the comments on The Kashmir Files film by an Israeli filmmaker. Sharing the screenshot of the message, Gilon tweeted that it was one of the few direct messages (DMs) that he received. IFFI 2022: Jury Head Nadav Lapid Calls The Kashmir Files ‘A Propaganda, Vulgar Movie’; Says Vivek Agnihotri’s Film Was Inappropriate for a Prestigious Film Festival (Watch Video).

“Just wanted to share one of a few DMs I got in this direction. According to his profile, the guy has a PhD. Even though he doesn’t deserve my protection, I decided to delete his identifying information,” he tweeted.

Naor Gilon’s Tweet

I’m touched by your support. The mentioned DM is in no way reflective of the friendship we enjoy in 🇮🇳, including on social media. Just wanted this to be a reminder that anti-Semitism sentiments exist, we need to oppose it jointly and maintain a civilized level of discussion🙏. https://t.co/y06JJNbKDN

— Naor Gilon (@NaorGilon) December 3, 2022

Israeli film director Nadav Lapid, who was the international jury chair at the recent International Film Festival of India (IFFI), stirred massive controversy by terming the Vivek Agnihotri The Kashmir Files “vulgar” and a “propaganda”. Later, he offered an apology if his remarks had been misinterpreted, and said his aim was not to insult the Kashmiri Pandit community or those who had suffered. Nadav Lapid on The Kashmir Files: I Was Talking About the Movie and That Such Serious Topics Deserve a Serious Film.

The Kashmir Files, written and directed by Agnihotri, centres on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits during militancy in the early 1990s. It was screened at the festival on November 22 under the Indian Panorama section at IFFI.

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