The Supreme Court rejected the appeal of creator Muhammad Bakri against the district court's determination that his film Jenin-Jinan is a "false film that includes lies and fabrications about IDF soldiers". The judges ruled that the film must not be screened in Israel and that Bakri must compensate You are one of the fighters featured in the film for NIS 175,000 for defamation.
The film "Jenin-Jenin" deals with the activities of the IDF during Operation Protective Wall, in which allegations were made against the conduct of the army towards the Palestinians. Magnaji in person.
This is because the inclusion of Magnaji's photograph in the middle of a scene - in which an act of robbery was described that was allegedly carried out at gunpoint against one of the interviewees in the film - has the power to link the alleged act of robbery to Magnaji himself.
IDF soldiers in Jenin during Operation Protective Wall, photo: L.A.M
Judge Yitzhak Amit wrote that the film "includes lies and lies that are defamatory of IDF soldiers, the ruling has already said its word, and the Supreme Court has already said in a clear and clear voice, time and time again, that the film "Jenin Jenin" is false .
Thus, in the case of Ben Natan, Judge Miriam Noor clarified that "the film is indeed full and replete with things that are not true, and there are no legal protections (for the appellant)".
"The film constitutes defamation of IDF soldiers", Judge Yitzhak Amit, photo: Oren Ben Hakon
The judges ruled that the ruling of the district court should be upheld: a blanket injunction prohibiting the screening of the film in Israel and compensation to Magnaji in the amount of NIS 175,000.
Judge Amit believed, in a minority opinion, that the scope of the restraining order should be reduced.
In his view, given that the length of the full film is more than 50 minutes, and given that the length of the section in the film in which Magnaji appears is only four seconds, then it is sufficient to remove the section in the film in which Magnaji's photograph appears.
In the absence of an appeal on Magnaji's part against the district court's verdict, the three judges left the statement that there is no reason to issue an order ordering the removal of the film from the YouTube website.
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