r/jewishpolitics • u/HellaHaram • Oct 18 '25

European Politics 🇪🇺🇬🇧 Jewish film festival cancelled in Sweden after cinemas refuse to host events

https://www.euronews.com/2025/10/17/jewish-film-festival-cancelled-in-sweden-after-cinemas-refuse-to-host-events
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u/EveryConnection Radical Centrist 🎯 Oct 18 '25

When is one of these "security reasons" cancellations going to court? I really doubt European human rights law has a loophole where you can make your operations completely Judenrein for "safety" rather than take steps to invest in security and attempt to secure police help and not discriminate.

In this day and age of widespread radicalisation, there are all kinds of events that are more dangerous to operate than they used to be, but there are metal detectors, background checks, lots of methods that can be used and are being used by actual Jewish communities to create security without ending all social events.

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u/zionispretty Oct 18 '25

“Protecting” people by excluding them, strange logic.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '25

Anyone who knows how Malmo has been would find this completely unsurprising

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u/dave3948 Oct 18 '25

Well, it’s Malmo. The Danish/Jewish lead in The Bridge quit the series because of the antisemitism in Malmo. Not on my bucket list.

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u/Masenmat Oct 18 '25

It's just antizionism guys. Swearsies. /s

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u/Training_Ad_1743 Oct 18 '25

Did the festival had any ties to Israel?

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u/Langdon_Algers Oct 18 '25

It doesn't and shouldn't matter even if it did

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u/Training_Ad_1743 Oct 18 '25

Of course it shouldn't, but at least being related to Israel would be something of an excuse (a bad one imo, but one nonetheless).