The Israeli Academy of Film and Television says it will not invite Culture Minister Miri Regev to the annual Ophir Awards ceremony, Israel’s version of the Oscars, next week.
The organizers say she will be snubbed because during last year’s ceremony, she walked out when a poem by late Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish was read, because his poems preached objections to the existence of a Jewish state.
Regev has drawn the ire of local artists due to her aggressive condemnations and attempts to defund institutions that criticize Israeli policies or cast its actions in a negative light.
Most recently, she has gone to war against the Israeli film “Foxtrot,” which contains depictions of IDF soldiers mistreating Palestinians, coming out against it even in the hours after it won the judges’ award at the Venice Film Festival last week.
“Foxtrot” is nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Lior Ashkenazi) and Best Supporting Actress (Shira Haas) at the Ophirs.
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