Miami Beach mayor Steven Meiner on Wednesday withdrew a controversial proposal to shutter a local movie theater that screened an Oscar-winning documentary on the war between Israel and Palestine.

Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner has withdrawn his proposed plan to evict O Cinema from its publicly owned building over the theater’s decision to screen the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land.”

The mayor’s effort to terminate O Cinema’s lease drew a wave of backlash, including dozens of speakers who attended Wednesday’s meeting to support the theater.