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Scandar Copti, the co-director of the Academy Award-nominated movie "Ajami", said he does not represent Israel. Copti made the remarks just hours before the Oscars ceremony, where his film about ArabJewish and intra-Arab tensions in a mixed quarter of Jaffa was competing for the best foreign film title (Jewish Star review, Feb. 12). *! am not the Israeli national team and I do not represent Israel," Copti said in an interview on Israel's Channel 2. "The film technically represents Israel, but I don't represent Israel." Copti's brothers allege that police used excessive force against them last month when they were arrested for trying to prevent police from taking some children in Jaffa into custody. Said Culture and Sports Minister Limor Livnat: "The film 'Ajami' was produced and received an Oscar nomination thanks to funds from the State of Israel, which Scandar Copti now tries to renounce." ?
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