Last week an Israeli district court ruled against a Palestinian filmmaker and actor, Mohammad Bakri in a defamation and libel case, ordering him to pay hefty compensation to an officer in the Israeli military who was accused of carrying out war crimes in the 2002 documentary “Jenin, Jenin.” Ramzy Baroud says the verdict can be understood within two contexts: one, Israel’s regime of censorship aimed at silencing any criticism of the Israeli occupation and apartheid and, two, Israel’s fear of a truly independent Palestinian narrative.
B’Tselem’s finding that Israel is an apartheid regime and Israel’s banning of the film “Jenin Jenin” sends Dr. Hatim Kanaaneh back to his wrenching visit to the scene of the Jenin massacre a month afterward in 2002.