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A letter to Palestinian and Lebanese filmmakers from Israeli filmmakers

Israeli film makers | 22.07.2006 22:28 | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | World

A letter to Palestinian and Lebanese filmmakers to coincide with the opening of the Arab Film Biennial in Paris July 22nd

A letter to Palestinian and Lebanese filmmakers to coincide with the opening of the Arab Film Biennial in Paris July 22nd


(French follows)

We, the undersigned Israeli filmmakers, greet the Arab filmmakers who have
gathered in Paris for the Arab Film Biennial. Through you, we wish to
convey a message of camaraderie and solidarity with our Lebanese and
Palestinian colleagues who are currently besieged and bombarded by our
country's army.

We unequivocally oppose the brutality and cruelty of Israeli policy, which
has reached new heights in recent weeks. Nothing justifies the continued
occupation, closure, and oppression in Palestine. Nothing justifies the
bombing of civilians and the destruction of infrastructures in Lebanon and
Gaza.

Allow us to tell you that your films, which we try to see and circulate
among us, are extremely important in our eyes. They enable us to know and
understand you better. Thanks to these films, the men, women, and children
who suffer in Gaza, Beirut, and everywhere else our army exercises its
violence - have names and faces. We would like to thank you and encourage
you to keep on filming, despite the difficulties.

For our part, we will continue to express through our films, with our
raised voices, and in our personal actions our vehement opposition to the
occupation, and we will continue to express our desire for freedom,
justice, and equality among all the peoples of the region.



Nurith Aviv / Ilil Alexander / Adi Arbel / Yael Bartana / Philippe
Bellaiche / Simone Bitton / Michale Boganim / Amit Breuer / Shai
Carmeli-Pollack / Sami S. Chetrit / Danae Elon / Anat Even / Jack Faber /
Avner Fainguelernt / Ari Folman / Gali Gold / BZ Goldberg / Sharon Hamou /
Amir Harel / Avraham Heffner / Rachel Leah Jones / Dalia Karpel / Avi
Kleinberger / Elonor Kowarsky / Edna Kowarsky / Philippa Kowarsky / Ram
Loevi / Avi Mograbi / Jud Neeman / David Ofek / Iris Rubin / Abraham Segal
/ Nurith Shareth / Julie Shlez / Eyal Sivan / Yael Shavit / Eran Torbiner
/ Osnat Trabelsi / Daniel Waxman / Keren Yedaya




Nous, cineastes israeliens , saluons tous les cineastes arabes reunis a
Paris pour la Biennale du cinema arabe . A travers vous, nous voulons
envoyer un message d'amitie et de solidarite a nos collegues Libanais et
Palestiniens qui sont actuellement assieges et bombardes par l'armee de
notre pays.
Nous nous opposons categoriquement a la brutalite et a la cruaute de la
politique israelienne, qui a atteint de nouveaux sommets au cours des
dernieres semaines. Rien ne peut justifier la poursuite de l'occupation ,
de l'enfermement et de la repression en Palestine. Rien ne peut justifier
le bombardement de populations civiles et la destruction d'infrastuctures
au Liban et dans la bande de Gaza.

Permettez nous de vous dire que vos films, que nous nous efforcons de voir
et de faire circuler autour de nous, sont tres importants a nos yeux. Ils
nous aident a vous connaitre et a vous comprendre. Grace a ces films, les
hommes, les femmes et les enfants qui souffrent a Gaza, a Beyrouth, et
partout ou notre armee deploie sa violence, ont pour nous des noms et des
visages. Nous voulons vous en remercier, et vous encourager a continuer de
filmer, malgre toutes les difficultes .

Quant a nous, nous nous engageons a continuer d'exprimer, par nos films,
nos prises de paroles et nos actions personelles, notre opposition
categorique a l'occupation et notre desir de liberte, de justice et
d'egalite pour tous les peuples de la region.



Nurith Aviv / Ilil Alexander / Adi Arbel / Yael Bartana / Philippe
Bellaiche / Simone Bitton / Michale Boganim / Amit Breuer / Shai
Carmeli-Pollack / Sami S. Chetrit / Danae Elon / Anat Even / Jack Faber /
Avner Fainguelernt / Ari Folman / Gali Gold / BZ Goldberg / Sharon Hamou /
Amir Harel / Avraham Heffner / Rachel Leah Jones / Dalia Karpel / Avi
Kleinberger / Elonor Kowarsky / Edna Kowarsky / Philippa Kowarsky / Ram
Loevi / Avi Mograbi / Jud Neeman / David Ofek / Iris Rubin / Abraham Segal
/ Nurith Shareth / Julie Shlez / Eyal Sivan / Yael Shavit / Eran Torbiner
/ Osnat Trabelsi / Daniel Waxman / Keren Yedaya

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