Miami Beach Mayor Withdraws Bill To Evict Theater for Screening No Other Land
Following intense national and local criticism from free speech advocates, the mayor of Miami Beach has withdrawn a proposal to terminate the lease and grants of an independent theater in retaliation for showing No Other Land, an Oscar-winning documentary about the Israel-Palestine conflict.
The Miami Herald reported today that during a “raucous” Miami Beach City Commission meeting, Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner pulled a proposed resolution he introduced last week that would have terminated the city’s lease agreement and tens of thousands of dollars in grants with O Cinema, an independent theater that rents space from the city.Â
Meiner filed the bill after O Cinema moved ahead with the screenings despite an official letter from Meiner stating that showing the documentary would be “normalizing hate and then disseminating antisemitism in a facility owned by the taxpayers of Miami Beach.”
However, Meiner pulled his bill after only one other commissioner supported it, and five other commissioners said they would vote against it. The Herald report
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