Boycott of Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid: 'A creator should not be reduced to their passport. It is time to stop denying their words, their actions and their work'

Why this matters: an international story with cross-border implications worth tracking.

The support extended to the Israeli director by numerous French film figures contrasts with the failure of cultural institutions and political leaders to do the same – even when the targeted artists are outspoken opponents of their own country's policies, writes Le Monde columnist Michel Guerrin.