In the words of Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, “This festival would have asked Hitler or Goebbels for copyright on Auschwitz footage."
One of the film's producers, Talia Harris Ram, points out the footage of Hamas killing Jews is in the public domain thus any concerns regarding copyright are invalid.
Following a public backlash, TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey has opened the door to showing the film after all although I wouldn't hold my breath.
Until it was publicly shamed to reconsider, TIFF simply didn't want to show a film that a) portrayed Israeli Jews in a good light and b) did not want show Hamas for the murderous terrorists that they are.
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