Lebanese film director briefly detained over Israel visit
BEIRUT — Lebanese film director Ziad Doueiri blasted Monday after his brief detention upon arrival in Lebanon over previous visits to Israel people who accused him of normalization with the Jewish state saying his work is for the good of Lebanon and the Palestinian cause.
It was not clear why the Paris-based Doueiri, director of the award-winning civil war film “West Beirut,” was detained Sunday night, as he has visited Lebanon several times since travelling to Israel.
Lebanon and Israel are in a state of war and Beirut bans its citizens from visiting Israel or having business dealings with Israelis.
Doueiri told reporters after three hours of questioning at a military court in Beirut Monday that authorities found that he has “no criminal intentions against the Palestinian cause.”