Seret Israeli film festival welcomes all communities and faiths

Seret Israeli film festival welcomes all communities and faiths | Letter

The co-founders of the festival, Anat Koren, Odelia Haroush and Patty Hochmann, respond to a call for UK cinemas to boycott it

As the co-founders of Seret, the UK Israeli film and television festival, we are surprised that, yet again, there has been a call for a boycott on screening films from Israel here in the UK, from film-makers who believe that they are supporting the “Palestinian cause” (Letters, 26 April).

Israeli films are distributed globally, and the cinemas they are screened in are delighted and proud to show them to their audiences.

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