Arab countries recently called for the boycott of the film "The Attack" because it was filmed in Israel. The movie, which was directed by a Lebanese citizen, features Israeli actors and tells the story of an Arab-Israeli surgeon in Tel Aviv who discovers his wife is a suicide bomber. Although the movie originally received a permit by the Lebanese government it was canceled because it violated the 1995 Lebanese Anti-Israel Boycott Law. According to media reports, the Arab League has requested that all its members boycott the film, and this has also led to Qatari and Egyptian investors to pull their support for the film. "We knew when we were writing the script that the film was certainly going to provoke debate, but we didn't write it just to provoke debate. I thought art was the one way we could all communicate. I guess I was naïve. I've somehow committed a breach by showing the Israelis in a sympathetic way," said Ziad Doueiri, the film's director.
