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Natalie Portman, 350 people in film industry back Israeli director forced from French festival

Actress Natalie Portman has joined more than 350 prominent figures in the international film industry in signing an open letter condemning the cultural boycott of Israeli director Nadav Lapid, who withdrew from a French film festival after pro-Palestinian filmmakers threatened to pull their films if he participated. Lapid is a fierce critic of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and has lived in self-imposed exile in France since 2021.