Official submission of Palestine for the 'Best International Feature Film' category of the 96th Academy Awards in 2024.
Tiberias is named for the Roman Emperor Tiberius Claudius Nero, who was considered a patron of the Jews during the time Judea was a client kingdom of the Empire before they were conquered by Titus. The is the source of the name "Tiberian Hebrew," the standard pronunciation or "accent" of Hebrew in late antiquity, which was developed there in the 700s.