KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait
will ban a new film adaptation of Agatha Christie's whodunit "
Death on the Nile" with a cast of Hollywood stars including Israeli actress Gal Gadot,
authorities said Sunday.
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The film, directed by and co-starring
Kenneth Branagh, is due for release this month in the United States.
The story is one of the most famous works of
British author Christie, dubbed the "Queen of Crime".
But cinemagoers in
Kuwait will not be able
to watch it, information ministry spokeswoman
Anouar Mourad told AFP,
confirming press reports.
According to Kuwait's Al-Qabas newspaper,
the decision was taken following demands on social media for the film to be
banned.
Social media users pointed to Gadot's praise
of the Israeli army and her criticism of the
Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas
during the 2014 Gaza War.
The war left 2,251 dead on the Palestinian
side, the majority civilians, and 74 on the Israeli side, most of them
soldiers.
Gadot is best known for the lead role in the
2017 Hollywood blockbuster "
Wonder Woman" which was banned in
some Arab countries.
She has frequently come under criticism on
social media because she did her mandatory service in the Israeli army.
Kuwait is staunchly opposed to normalizing
ties with Israel — unlike its Gulf neighbors the UAE and Bahrain, which have
signed peace deals with Israel — and has long been a supporter of the
Palestinian cause.
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