And Demand that the Palestinians return all Israeli money they've taken over the years to fund their own films! If it's truely so bad, they should practice what they preach.

To # 3 :Loach rhymes with leech who.unlike the above subject, plays a vital rolein the field of medicine. This character loach,from the Reuter's picture, is exactly what a " croquemort " looks like --- perfect , and ugly as hell.

" British pro-Palestinian groups " ........ THEIR ACTIONS UNDERMINE ANY REAL CHANCES FOR PEACE, DIALOGUE, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, AND RECONCILIATION, IN UK. AND IN MID-EAST. THESE PRO-PAL-BRITS ARE KILLING FREE SPEACH AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, AND THEIR MESSAGE BREEDS HATE AND INTOLERANCE.......... CONCEPTS LIKE FREE SPEECH, TOLERANCE, TWHICH THE PRO-PAL-BRITS SAY THEY ADMIRE IN THIS WORLD........ THEY DENY THESE VERY SAME FREEDOMS TO ISRAELIS.......THEY ARE RASCIST, DICTATORS, BIGOTS. AND THESE " RASCIST BRITS" WANT ISRAEL TO ALLOW A " PAL STATE" AS NEIGHBORS. WHAT NERVE !!

Zionists not wanted!

Ken Loach brings sleaze and artistic censorship to the Edinburgh Film Festival. Nothing to be proud of.

Director Ken Loach has a character tantamount to that of a CockLoach

While I like your work (the work that is not infected with pretentiousness), you as a person seem to be a nasty piece of work. Don't pretend to be so rightious while all you do is spreading vile hate instead of striving for dialogue and appeasement. Hope you enjoy the festival screenings ... shit knows we try to enjoy ours between one rocket barrage to the other in Sderot Cinematheque while watching Palestinian movies. nasty nasty keny ...

EDINBURGH IS BECOMING A PAGAN RITUAL AND PERHAPS IT'S TIME FOR SOMEONE TO COME OUT AND SAY THIS. PAGANS RETURNING TO THEIR ROOTS; ....... SOMEDAY SOON THEY MAY BE BURNING BOOKS, THEN BURNING PEOPLE AT THE STAKE. THE BRITS-CLANS ARE REVEALING THEIR ANCIENT PAGAN- LIKE ORIGINS AND THEY REVEL IN THEM. PAGAN HABITS ARE HARD TO BREAK. PEOPLE OF TRUE CULTURE AND OTHER CIVILISED PERSONS ARE NOT WELCOME AT THESE EDINBURGHER TYPE PAGAN FESTIVALS.

and freedom of speach is one of the basic right, oh well, the UK is becoming totalitarian anyway, the big brother is watching you mydear.

quote: "I must urge all who might consider visiting the festival to show their support for the Palestinian nation, and stay away." ? ok...whatever...

"The festival also announced it would instead cover Israeli director Tali Shlaom Ezer's travel expenses to Scotland to present her short film, "Surrogate."" So now the participation of the Israeli director will be paid for by the festival itself? I'm not sure I'd call that exactly a victory for Loach and his ilk.