Israel Supreme Court lifts ban on “Jenin, Jenin”
Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed a ban on public screenings of an Israeli Arab director’s film about one of the most hotly debated military confrontations of the 3-year-old Palestinian uprising.
“Jenin, Jenin,” described by the filmmaker, Mohammed Bakri, as a fact-based documentary but denounced by Israeli critics as false and propagandistic, examines an intense, close-quarters battle 19 months ago in the heart of a West Bank refugee camp.
And a powerful movie it is, check our review here, and rent it if you can.