It’s been a tumultuous week for Israel’s film industry. The country’s equivalent to the Oscars, the Ophir Awards, was condemned by culture minister Miki Zohar after “The Sea” — about a Palestinian boy from the West Bank — won best film on Tuesday evening. Just a few hours later, Ariel Bronz, the star of Nadav Lapid’s “Yes,” was detained that same night by police for questioning on suspicion of incitement to commit an act of terrorism for a poem he posted on Facebook two months ago.
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Speaking to Variety on Friday, Bronz said police stormed into his apartment in Tel Aviv at
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