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La censura Israeliana ha bloccato un documentario sugli eventi di Jenin l'anno scorso perche' "contiene falsita'". (Si vede che il pubblico, internazionale e Israeliano, non puo decidere da solo). http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apmideast_story.asp?category=1107&slug=Israel%20Palestinian%20Movie SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER Tuesday, December 10, 2002 * Last updated 6:27 p.m. PT Israel Censors Ban Movie by Israeli Arab By YOAV APPEL ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER JERUSALEM -- Israel's censorship board banned a movie produced by an Israeli Arab that depicts events in the West Bank Palestinian town of Jenin during an Israeli military offensive in April, a board official said Tuesday. The body banned the movie "Jenin, Jenin" because it falsely demonstrates fictional events as truth, spokeswoman Sonya David-Elmalea said. The movie is "propaganda that represents a biased view of the group with whom Israel finds itself at war," she added. Israeli media say the movie upholds Palestinian claims that Israeli soldiers carried out atrocities during the battle in Jenin. The Israeli public would find the movie extremely offensive and "may mistakenly think that Israeli soldiers are intentionally, systematically carrying out war crimes," David-Almalea said. The Israeli army entered Jenin in April to root out Palestinian militants responsible for a string of attacks against Israelis. After eight days of fierce house-to-house fighting in the Jenin refugee camp, 52 Palestinians were killed, about half of them believed to be gunmen, along with 23 Israeli soldiers. However, Palestinians charged that hundreds of civilians had been killed in an Israeli massacre. A U.N. investigation into the battle found claims of a massacre unsubstantiated. However, Amnesty International and the U.S.-based Human Rights Watch have accused Israeli soldiers of carrying out war crimes in the camp, where dozens of homes were demolished during the fighting. Mohammed Bakri, a well known Israeli Arab actor who produced "Jenin, Jenin," said he would appeal the decision. "I am going to court against the censor, and I hope that democracy will win this test," Bakri told Israel's Army Radio. A spokesman for Israel's Culture Ministry said movie censorship was extremely rare in Israel, and a ministry committee is considering whether to disband the censorship board. |