The poster of ‘Death on the Nile’

The Kuwaiti Ministry of Information has decided to ban the screening of "Death on the Nile", citing the film's star Gal Gadot's military history in the Israeli occupation forces as the main reason.

Al-Qabas newspaper quoted an informed source as saying that the Ministry of Information has officially decided to ban the film from showing in Kuwait, effectively removing it from movie theatres.

The Kuwaiti Ministry of Information has previously banned Wonder Woman from cinemas for the same reason.

#Kuwait officially bans '#DeathOnTheNile' following a public campaign calling for boycotting the movie over the participation of former IOF soldier and staunch "Israel" apologist #GalGadot. #Palestine pic.twitter.com/1GdZB93biQ
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) February 6, 2022

The audience in Kuwait and many Arab countries have turned to social media platforms to call for the boycotting of the Hollywood movie, expressing their outrage over the screening of a movie starring Gadot whose history is tarnished with racist anti-Palestinian rhetoric, having previously called for the victory of "Israel" over Palestinians in its war on Gaza in 2014. The Israeli extended aggression killed 547 children.

The Boycott, Divestments and Sanctions movement (BDS) in Kuwait has also been calling for a boycott of the movie. Simultaneously, Lebanon’s BDS is continuing to work toward a boycott of the movie. Meanwhile, it has sparked widespread controversy in Egypt, given that it is set in Cairo and is based on the Agatha Christie novel, with many viewing the casting of Gadot in a titular role as a deliberate provocation for the Arab populace who suffered endlessly from Israeli hegemony.

نطالب بحظر عرض فيلم "جريمه بالنيل "والذى سيعرض قريباً فى دور السينما بالكويت.
وهو من بطولة ممثله و مجنده سابقه بجيش الاحتلال "مؤيده للصهيونية".
ونتسائل عن سبب السماح بعرض الفيلم مع انه سبق وان منعت وزارة الإعلام فيلم سابق للممثلة ذاتها.@MOInformation @cinescapekuwait pic.twitter.com/8nOYMdXwXi
— BDS Kuwait حركة (@BDS_Kuwait) February 2, 2022

Gadot’s Zionist history

The Zionist actress came into prominence in 2016 when she played the role of the comic book character Wonder Woman in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, before starring in a spin-off film about the character in 2017.

Wonder Woman was banned subsequently in Lebanon, Qatar, Tunisia, and Jordan following boycott calls from pro-Palestinian activists and the BDS campaign.

Gal Gadot says she possesses a strong connection to her Israeli identity, which becomes more apparent when taking into consideration the two years she served in the IOF as well as her staunch support of Israeli barbarism against the people of Palestine.

Gadot’s Zionist history

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