German minister says she clapped Israeli film-maker, not his Palestinian colleague, at Berlinale

The moment was one of several on the night in which film-makers expressed solidarity with the Palestinian cause in the conflict.

Germany’s minister of state for culture has insisted she was only clapping the Israeli but not the Palestinian half of a film-making duo that won one of the major awards at the politically charged closing ceremony for the Berlin film festival.

“These statements do not originate from the festival and do not represent the festival’s stance”, the Berlin film festival said in a statement.