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Muhammad Bakri will appeal the ban on the screening of "Jenin Jenin": "The decision violates freedom of expression" - Walla! culture

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The director and actor, who created the film that the court banned from showing in Israel yesterday, said in an interview with Liat Ron on 104.5fm radio: "This is a wrong and controversial decision. I intend to appeal it."


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Muhammad Bakri will appeal the ban on the screening of "Jenin Jenin": "The decision violates freedom of expression"

The director and actor, who created the film that the court banned from showing in Israel yesterday, said in an interview with Liat Ron on 104.5fm radio: "This is a wrong and controversial decision. I intend to appeal it."

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Director and actor Muhammad Bakri, creator of the film "Jenin Jenin", responds to the court's decision to ban its screening in Israel.

"I intend to appeal the decision, because it is a wrong and controversial decision that infringes on freedom of expression," he said in an interview with Liat Ron on 104.5fm radio.



In a decision last night, Judge Halit Silesh ruled that the film's creator, Muhammad Bakri, will compensate the prosecutor with NIS 175,000 - Lt. Col. Nissim Maganji, who fought in the battle of the Jenin refugee camp in Operation Defensive Shield. In addition, Bakri was ordered to pay court costs. $ 50 thousand dollars. the Ganja was represented by volunteer lawyers Tal Navot Tel Zur Shapira.



the film was made videos and photos of the military operation in Jenin refugee camp and conducted interviews with camp residents Bakri. between scenes specified in the Complaint as those that constitute libel was A scene in which an elderly Palestinian man claims to have been shot in the hand for no reason by an IDF soldier, who even threatened him.

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Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi congratulated the court on the court's ruling, and clarified that "there is no truth in the essence of the things published in the film." In a conversation with the leaders of the struggle against the film, he added that "this is a sharp and clear message to IDF fighters in the past, present and future. To the bereaved families. "



Minister of Culture and Sports Hili Trooper said in response to the ruling: "I welcome the court's support for IDF fighters and the values ​​of honesty and truth.

"Freedom of expression is a central value in a democratic society and I will preserve it as much as I can, but freedom of expression does not allow false accusations and libel to be published."

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