Days after he slammed filmmaker Nadav Lapid for his remarks against the film ‘The Kashmir Files’, Israeli envoy to New Delhi Naor Gilon has received a hate mail calling Hitler “great” for the Holocaust. The Israeli filmmaker had called the film ‘propaganda’ and ‘vulgar.’ The Ambassador had asked him to apologise and be ashamed.
Sharing the hate mail on Saturday, the ambassador said Just wanted to share one of a few DMs I got in this direction. According to his profile, the guy has a PhD. Even though he doesn’t deserve my protection, I decided to delete his identifying information,” the Israeli envoy tweeted while hiding the identity of the user in the message he shared.
The screenshot read: “Hitler was great when he burned down s**** like you. immediately and f*** off from India… Hitler was a great person”.
In a follow-up tweet, Gilon thanked his well-wishers saying he was “touched” by the support he received. “I’m touched by your support. The mentioned DM is in no way reflective of the friendship we enjoy in India, including on social media.
“Just wanted this to be a reminder that anti-Semitism sentiments exist, we need to oppose it jointly and maintain a civilized level of discussion,” he wrote. The message came days after Gilon's reaction to Lapid's comments at the government-organised International Film Festival of India in Goa. He even apologised to India in an ‘open letter’ on Twitter.
Gilon had said Lapid abused the Indian invitation to him to chair the judges' panel in the “worst way”.
Lapid had said 'The Kashmir Files' was a “propaganda movie” that had no place at a film festival. His remarks triggered a major controversy and a political slugfest in the country. Director of the film Vivek Agnihotri and actor Anupam Kher, who acted in the film, also slammed Lapid.