Miami Beach Mayor Wants to End Lease of Theater That Screened Israeli-Palestinian Documentary

(L–R) Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, and Yuval Abraham, winners of the award for best documentary feature film for "No Other Land," pose in the press room at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 2, 2025. Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—The mayor of Miami Beach, Florida, wants to terminate a lease and cut financial support for an independent film theater that screened an Oscar-winning documentary about the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis.

Mayor Steven Meiner introduced a resolution describing the film “No Other Land” as anti-Semitic. City commissioners will discuss the resolution Wednesday during their next meeting.