An Israeli court has banned screenings of a documentary film about the 2002 deadly confrontations between armed Israeli soldiers and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. The Lod district court made its decision on Monday, concluding a libel lawsuit filed against prominent director Mohammed Bakri by Israeli soldier Nissim Magnaji, whose participation in Israel’s Operation Defensive Shield is portrayed in the film which was released in 2002. At least 52 Palestinians, including women, children and elderly, were killed in the rampage that unfolded in a refugee camp, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) investigation. Some 23 Israeli soldiers were killed at the time.
— source aljazeera.com | 12 Jan 2021