After much pressure: the state has changed its mind, and now believes that the propaganda film "Jenin Jenin" should not be allowed to be broadcast in Israel - this is implied by the state's response submitted to the Supreme Court, in the appeal of Muhammad Bakri, the film's producer.
The appeal hearing is expected to take place in the Supreme Court next month.
The spokesman wrote in the reasoning: The Jenin refugee camp. "
According to the representatives of the fighters and bereaved families of the battle in Jenin, this is the first time that the state supports the ban on broadcasting the film in the country, and that this was made possible thanks to the many pressures exerted on the issue.
Last January, the Central District Court ruled that the screening of the film would be banned, and that all existing film petitioners in Israel should be boycotted.
In addition, the court ordered my acquaintances to pay NIS 175,000 and legal expenses in the amount of NIS 50,000 to the plaintiff, Lt. Col. Nissim Magnaji, who demanded libel on behalf of other fighters who fought during a defensive wall in the city.
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 film's producer."
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 Representation of the Fighters and Bereaved Families of the Battle of Jenin represents the 2,000 combatants, hundreds of bereaved families and dozens of bereaved parents of the 23 battle victims.
Together, they called on the Supreme Court to uphold the verdict given in the district, saying that "the delegation views with great satisfaction the decision of the state represented by the ombudsman, in which for the first time fully supported the central claim of the bereaved fighters and families, for 19 years, to prevent further Screening of the infamous film - which describes us as war criminals, murderers and Nazis. And the State of Israel in all its glory. "
