Israeli director Udi Aloni criticized his country‘s government on Saturday hours before being presented with the Panorama Audience Award for best fiction film at Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), calling the Israeli government a „fascist regime“ according to a report by Channel 10 News.

Director Udi Aloni made the comments during a press conference related to his award-winning film „Junction 48“. The 56-year-old said Israel was the „democracy of white people“ and also urged Germany to cease selling submarines to Netanyahu‘s government.