Israeli filmmaker Yaniv Horowitz was
beaten unconscious by Arab 'youths' outside a French film festival shortly after his movie, Rock the Casbah, won first prize at the festival.
He is reported to have lost consciousness and has been subsequently
treated. Horowitz is said to have returned immediately to the festival
after treatment. Authorities are estimating that the attack was racially
motivated.
Horowitz, who represents Israel, was attacked immediately after the
screening of the film by a group of Arab youths. The director lost
consciousness and was treated at the festival. After recovering from the
blows he received, he returned to the festival area in "good
condition".
After the violent incident, Horowitz's film won the Special Prize of
the Jury for Best Picture. Israeli singer and musician Assaf Amdursky
also received an award for a movie he wrote music.
The film "Rock the Casbah", starring Yon Tumarkin, follows the story of
young soldiers in the first intifada in Gaza. The soliders are located
on the roof of a Palestinian family whose son is involved in the murder
of one of their battalion.
But hey - they're just 'youths.' It doesn't mean anything, does it?
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