University of Haifa Cancels Screening of "No Other Land"
06 April 2025 | The Association for Civil Rights in Israel
After the group “Standing Together” obtained approval from the library at the University of Haifa to screen the Academy Award-winning documentary No Other Land, the right-wing organization "Btsalmo" – an organization that specializes in political harassment and the cancellation of events it opposes – demanded that the university cancel the screening, arguing that screening the documentary requires the approval of the Film Review Council. Consequently, the event’s organizers, who had arranged the event with the university’s library, were asked to request official permission from the university to hold a public event. Standing Together complied, and attached to their request a legal opinion from a law professor clarifying that the screening does not require the approval of the Film Review Council. Nevertheless, on April 6, 2025, the Dean of Students revoked the approval that had been granted to screen the film….