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Shame On Frameline: Get Out of Bed With Israeli Apartheid

by QUIT! (info [at] quitpalestine.org)
Responding to call by Palestinian Queers for BDS, Bay Area queers prepare to protest Film Festival PINKWASHING of Israeli war crimes
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The San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival has accepted sponsorship and money from the Israeli consulate for the second year in a row. Every Palestinian queer organization in the world, along with a number of local and international queer groups, have demanded that the festival presenter, Frameline, stand up for human rights and international law by refusing to partner with the Israeli government. The Consulate and its supporters have threatened to brand the festival as “anti-Jewish” if they decline their money. But by accepting it, and ignoring the voices and the lives of Palestinian queers, Frameline has shown itself to be anti-queer.

Join the Protest
Friday, June 17, 5:30-7:00 pm
Castro Theater, San Francisco
Shame on Frameline! All Queers Count!
Sponsored by Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism (QUIT!), SouthWest Asian and North African Bay Area Queers (SWANABAQ)
Israeli Queers for Palestine, Palestinian Queers for BDS, Arab Resource and Organizing Center, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, Middle East Children’s Alliance

Contact Frameline and tell them to be on the right side of history. They know it’s the right thing to do. They just need to know that the community will stand behind them if they do it. An email is good but a phone call is better: 415-703-8650 Jennifer@frameline.org, kcprice@frameline.org

for info: www.quitpalestine.org; quitpalestine@yahoo.com; www.pqbds.com

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