BREITBART/ Ben Kew-
Israel provides the most protections for LGBT people in the Middle East. And yet, more than 100 LGBT filmmakers have signed a pledge to boycott Tel Aviv’s government-sponsored LGBT film festival, TLVFest, in what they claim is a show of solidarity towards members of the Palestinian LGBT community.
The Hollywood Reporter reports that the boycott was organized by Palestinian queer organizations and PACBI, the academic and cultural arm of the Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) movement that seeks to compel the world to cut all ties with Israel in protest of a so-called occupation. Continue reading…
