An Israeli news site, Walla, reports (in Hebrew) that the IDF has asked Israel’s attorney general to open civil court libel proceedings against Mohammed Bakri, who produced and directed “Jenin Jenin.”
His film alleges Israeli war crimes during the 2002 Operation Defensive Shield.
The IDF’s request is connected to a previous legal ruling against Bakri. When five Israeli reservists sued Bakri, saying his film slandered them, a Petach Tikva judge ruled in June that the film slandered all Israeli soldiers — however, individuals within the group didn’t have the right to file suit.
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