Fear of Palestinian narrative behind Israeli ban of ‘Jenin, Jenin’
Ramzy Baroud
Israeli Arab actor and filmmaker Mohammed Bakri at the Dubai International Film Festival. (Reuters)
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Israel’s Lod District Court last week ruled against Palestinian filmmaker Mahmoud Bakri, ordering him to pay hefty compensation to an Israeli soldier who was accused, along with the Israeli military, of carrying out war crimes in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank in 2002.
The case, as presented by much of the Israeli and other media, seemed as though it was dealing with typical legal matters such as defamation. However, to those familiar with the massive clash of narratives that emanated from that single event known to Palestinians as the “Jenin Massacre” the Israeli court verdict was not only political but also historical and intellectual.
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