Small French cinema chain protests Israeli raid on flotilla heading for Gaza
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}PARIS (AP) — A small French cinema chain has made waves by postponing this month's showing of an Israeli comedy to protest the country's deadly May 31 raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla.
The Utopia cinema chain replaced "Five Hours from Paris" with the documentary "Rachel," about an American student crushed to death by a bulldozer in 2003 while protesting Israeli house demolitions in Gaza.
The chain says it was the "only way to express disapproval" about the flotilla raid, which killed nine people.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The French Jewish organization Crif said the decision shows that "knee-jerk anti-Israel sentiment has no limits."
Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand wrote to the chain to express "disapproval" of its decision, Le Figaro newspaper reported on its Web site.