Israeli envoy slams IFFI jury head: ‘You abused Indian invitation, trust of hosts’
3 min readExpress News Service
NEW DELHI: A day after Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid criticised Hindi movie The Kashmir Files at IFFI, the nation’s envoy to India Naor Gilon slammed him, saying he needs to be “ashamed” as he had “abused in the worst way” the Indian invitation to him to chair the panel of judges on the movie competition.
“Lapid can feel free to use liberty to sound your criticism of what you dislike in Israel but no need to reflect your frustration on other countries. You will go back to Israel thinking that you are bold and made a statement. We, the representatives of Israel, would stay here. You should see our DM boxes following your “bravery” and what implications it could have on the crew beneath my accountability,’’ Gilon tweeted.
In an open letter to Nadav, Gilon stated that Lapid needs to be ashamed as he has abused the Indian invitation. “In Indian culture they say that a guest is like God. You have abused in the worst way the Indian invitation to chair the panel of judges at @IFFIGoa as well as the trust, respect and warm hospitality they have bestowed on you,” Gilon added.
He additionally stated that India invited the members of Israel leisure trade to have a good time the love in India in direction of Fauda and Israel. “I believe that that is possibly additionally one of many causes they invited you as an Israeli and me because the ambassador of Israel.
I perceive your want on reflection to “justify” your behaviour however I can’t perceive why you advised afterwards that the minister and I stated on stage that there’s similarity between our international locations as a result of “we fight a similar enemy and reside in a bad neighbourhood,” Gilon added.
NEW DELHI: A day after Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid criticised Hindi movie The Kashmir Files at IFFI, the nation’s envoy to India Naor Gilon slammed him, saying he needs to be “ashamed” as he had “abused in the worst way” the Indian invitation to him to chair the panel of judges on the movie competition.
“Lapid can feel free to use liberty to sound your criticism of what you dislike in Israel but no need to reflect your frustration on other countries. You will go back to Israel thinking that you are bold and made a statement. We, the representatives of Israel, would stay here. You should see our DM boxes following your “bravery” and what implications it could have on the crew beneath my accountability,’’ Gilon tweeted.
In an open letter to Nadav, Gilon stated that Lapid needs to be ashamed as he has abused the Indian invitation. “In Indian culture they say that a guest is like God. You have abused in the worst way the Indian invitation to chair the panel of judges at @IFFIGoa as well as the trust, respect and warm hospitality they have bestowed on you,” Gilon added.
He additionally stated that India invited the members of Israel leisure trade to have a good time the love in India in direction of Fauda and Israel. “I believe that that is possibly additionally one of many causes they invited you as an Israeli and me because the ambassador of Israel.
I perceive your want on reflection to “justify” your behaviour however I can’t perceive why you advised afterwards that the minister and I stated on stage that there’s similarity between our international locations as a result of “we fight a similar enemy and reside in a bad neighbourhood,” Gilon added.
