Israeli government continues to pursue Arab-Israeli filmmaker, Muhammed Bakry, for Directing a Documentary About Jenin Massacre

Monday September 17, 2007 13:51 by Nisreen Qumsieh - IMEMC News nisreen at imemc dot org

The first Israeli court trial against the Arab-Israeli filmmaker Muhammed Bakry is to be held on Tuesday.

The director of the film “Jenin-Jenin,” a documentary reporting on the devastating Israeli invasion and massacre of the Jenin refugee camp in 2002, has been the subject of intense Israeli scrutiny since the distribution of the movie.

The director stands accused of “discrediting” five Israeli occupation soldiers who participated in the invasion and the massacre, and subsequently initiated court proceeding against him.

The same soldiers also launched a court case against two cinemas in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, which screened the documentary.

The soldiers involved are seeking 2.5 million NIS in compensation, arguing that the documentary is biased and fails to live up to the standards of an objective report.

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