Protest against film about Israeli general breaks out on TIFF's Festival Street

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TORONTO – Protesters had a brief standoff with police on Toronto International Film Festival’s main strip on Saturday as they demonstrated against the screening of a film centred on a retired Israeli general.

A group of activists wearing keffiyehs and waving Palestinian flags gathered around the TIFF sign at King Street and University Avenue, placing small rolled-up blankets smeared with fake blood — staged to resemble dead infants — at its base.

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