FILM OFF The organisers of the Edinburgh International Film Festival has cancelled the Israeli Embassy's sponsorship of the festival and has returned a cheque that would have helped fund the event.
The cancellation occured after a public outcry following the bombing of the Lebanon and the killing of children at Qana.
The news was welcomed by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and the Stop The War Coalition in Scotland.
One of the organisers of the festival spoke about how he ahd almost had his teeth knocked out by the butt of a thuggish Israeli soldier's rifle on the West Bank. kirk
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