Melbourne cinema says threats caused it to cancel fundraising screening of Oscar-winning Palestinian displacement film

Exclusive: Jewish Council of Australia says it was told there were protests planned against the screening of No Other Land in Elsternwick

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A fundraising screening of the Oscar-winning documentary film on the Israeli displacement of the Palestinian community, No Other Land, has been cancelled by a Melbourne cinema after organisers the Jewish Council of Australia said the cinema received threats.

JCA had arranged with Classic Cinema in Elsternwick to host the screening of the Palestinian-Israeli Academy Award-winning film on 1 May, which was to be followed by a discussion between a Palestinian and an Israeli speaker, with one of the film-makers recording a dedicated message for the event.

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