British film director Mike Leigh has canceled a trip to Israel to protest against a proposed loyalty oath.
Israel's Cabinet last week passed a bill that would require non-Jewish immigrants to pledge loyalty to a "Jewish and democratic" state - language seen as discriminatory toward Israel's Arab minority.
Leigh, the award-winning director of Naked and Secrets & Lies, said he was no longer prepared to take part in the "great masters" program at the Sam Spiegel Film & Television School in Jerusalem.
In a letter to school director Renen Schorr, Leigh, who is Jewish, said he opposed Israel's policies toward Palestinians and called the loyalty oath the "last straw."
British Director Cancels Israel Trip in Protest
