An Istanbul-based international association released a report Wednesday outlining the cultural and artistic community’s stance against Israel’s onslaught against Palestinians, reported Anadolu Agency on July 4.
Titled Cultural and Artistic Community’s Stance Against Genocidal Israel (World and Türkiye), it was introduced by the Academics and Authors Association of Islamic Countries (AYBIR) at an event in the Turkish metropolis.
A panel addressing the cultural and artistic community’s reaction to the Israeli genocide was held as part of the event, which was attended by many prominent names from the art and culture world.
Speaking at the panel, Palestinian-Dutch film director Hany Abu-Assad said he faced many difficulties before the Israel-Hamas war broke out on Oct. 7 last year but was allowed to work in Hollywood because he was not seen as a threat.
“As it turns out, the Zionists believed they could manage the situation. But after Oct. 7, they realized that the Palestinian cause was not a lost cause, not a dead cause, and still had living elements,” said Abu-Assad.
“From the moment they felt that the intifada (Palestinian uprising) was not just rhetoric but a continuing, living and bloody resistance, they decided to stop all the work I was doing in Hollywood. They said, ‘No Palestinian can talk about Palestine in Hollywood anymore,’” he noted.
“At first, I was indeed worried. But it is foreseen that Oct. 7 will turn into a revolutionary reality, much like the French Revolution. Maybe not immediately today, but in the coming decades.”
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