Tunisia withdrew from cinemas a new Agatha Christie adaptation starring Gal Gadot following protests over "normalization" with the Jewish state, officials said Wednesday.
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British director Kenneth Branagh's "Death on the Nile," already banned in Kuwait and Lebanon for the same reason, will no longer be shown in cinemas across the North African country, according to press release.
Movie theaters had been showing the film since Feb. 9 but, following protests, a government ministry and Tunisia's visual arts authority agreed to ban it, activists and Tunisian media said.
"The main actress in the film is Israeli, was trained in the [Israeli] army and supports the colonization of Palestinian territory," said Kaouther Saida Chebbi, head of an anti-Zionist woman's movement.
Cinemas in Tunis confirmed to AFP that they would no longer show the film.
In 2014, Gadot posted on Facebook a message in support of Operation Protective Edge against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Tunisia, which hosted the Palestinian Liberation Organization from 1982-1994, has a long history of backing the Palestinian cause.
In 2017 the country banned Patty Jenkins' film "Wonder Woman," which also starred Gadot.
i24NEWS contributed to this report.
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