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Last update - 17:51 16/09/2009
Tel Aviv mayor dismisses Toronto Film Festival protest
By Canadian Jewish News
Tags: Toronto Film Festival 

TORONTO - The three-term mayor of Tel Aviv, Ron Huldai, chuckled as he dismissed a recent open letter that accused the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) of being "complicit in the Israeli propaganda machine."

"Tel Aviv is a symbol of democracy, tolerance and openness, a city of arts and culture," Huldai said in an interview with the Canadian Jewish News last week. "If this is propaganda, I'll take the blame."

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