Police storm cultural center to block screening of films about Gaza

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2029

Date

7 August, 2024

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@QudsNen

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"Israeli forces stormed a Palestinian cultural center in occupied Jerusalem, preventing the screening of films titled "Untold Stories from Gaza" and forcing the attendees to leave the venue."
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(17:50 GMT) Israeli forces storm cultural centre in occupied East Jerusalem Israeli forces raided the Yabous Cultural Centre, in occupied East Jerusalem, and banned the screening of short films by artists from Gaza, Wafa news agency reported.

The report added that Israeli police forced attendees out of the building and eventually sealed it off.

The Centre, in cooperation with Filmlab Palestine, was slated to screen 22 short films titled, Gaza’s Untold Stories, from Ground Zero.

The project was organised by Palestinian filmmaker Rashid Mashharawi, who confirmed that the raid took place in a post on his official Facebook page. https://aje.io/5hzx8h?update=3103645

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