The mayor of Miami Beach withdrew a resolution to terminate the lease and funding from a local theater after it showed the Oscar-winning documentary about the West Bank.

The proposal to terminate the lease of Miami Beach's O Cinema for screening the Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land' has been withdrawn by the city's mayor Steven Meiner after a contentious City Commission meeting on Wednesday.

O Cinema survived the threat of eviction after a proposal to oust the South Beach indie movie theater for screening a documentary about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict was withdrawn. Why it matters: Mayor Steven Meiner sparked outrage in the international arts community — and accusations of government censorship — when he proposed terminating O Cinema's lease from Old City Hall over his objections to the Oscar-winning film "No Other Land.