Protest breaks out at TIFF over documentary about Israeli general

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 kaffiyehs 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.