The Tunisian authorities has introduced the cancellation of the thirty fourth Carthage Movie Pageant, Africa’s oldest cinema showcase, in solidarity with the Palestinian individuals.
Scheduled to happen from October 28 to November 4, the competition, which accepts entries solely from Arab or African administrators, is a serious occasion within the Tunisian cultural calendar.
Nonetheless, the tradition ministry stated in an announcement it was cancelling the occasion “in solidarity with our Palestinian brothers and contemplating the essential humanitarian state of affairs within the Gaza Strip… following the brutal Zionist aggression”.
Tunisia, which hosted the Palestine Liberation Organisation from 1982 to 1994, has lengthy been a agency supporter of the Palestinian trigger.
Public protests have taken place nationwide towards the retaliatory strikes which Israel launched on Gaza following a shock Hamas assault on October 7.
Israel’s bombardment of targets in Gaza has killed a minimum of 3,785 Palestinians, most of them civilians, in response to figures from the Hamas-run well being ministry.