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Attempt to ban Spielberg film raises liberals’ fears in Lebanon

Days before premiering in Beirut, Steven Spielberg’s new film The Post found itself banned last week by Lebanon’s Censorship Board, under pressure from Hezbollah and powerful anti-Israeli campaigners in Lebanese society. The ban built on a 2010 Arab League decision to boycott Spielberg over a US$1million donation he had made to Israel made during the Lebanon […]