After a long legal battle, the court in Lod ruled that director Muhammad Bakri would pay Lt. Col. Nissim Magnaji, who fought in Operation Defensive Shield, NIS 175,000. • It was also decided to boycott all existing copies of the film in Israel. • The Bereaved Families Forum: If Ivria because Muhammad Bakri is a terrorist "
Director Muhammad Bakri // Photo: Dudi Vaknin
After a long legal battle, "Jenin Jenin", Muhammad Bakri's film was banned from being shown in Israel tonight (Monday) and the director was ordered to pay NIS 175,000 to Lt. Col. Magenji.
Central District Court Judge Halit Silesh ruled in a ruling published last night that the screening of the film in Israel would be banned and even ordered that all existing copies of the film be confiscated in Israel and removed from Google's video-sharing site YouTube.
In addition, the court ordered the film's director, Muhammad Bakri, to pay compensation in the amount of NIS 175, as well as legal expenses in the amount of NIS 50,000 to the plaintiff, Lt. Col. Nissim Magnaji, who fought in the battle as part of Operation Defensive Shield in April 2012. Will be represented by attorneys Navot Tel-Tzur and Tal Shapira, both reserve officers who served in the reserve in Operation Defensive Shield, and handled this case on a full-time basis.
The court harshly criticized Bakri, ruling that he did not really stick, showed horrific events in the film under the guise of a "documentary" and that he dedicated the film to the memory of a terrorist member of the Al-Aqsa Brigades, who was falsely portrayed as the "producer of the film."
Bakri's defense claims were rejected, while the court ruled that it was a defamation against a private person, who was called up by the State of Israel for reserve service in Operation Defensive Shield, and found himself without any justification portrayed in the film as looting an elderly and helpless man, as part From a total false presentation of war crimes committed according to the film by IDF soldiers in Jenin.
The Bereaved Families, Officers and Fighters Forum said in the wake of the ruling: "After 18 years of legal and public war, justice is being served and an Israeli court is making a courageous decision to stop the incitement and ban the distribution of the film on any possible platform.
Every Hebrew mother will know that Muhammad Bakri is a terrorist of criminal incitement against bereaved families, IDF officers and fighters, and against the State of Israel. "