Five Israeli reserve soldiers who took part in the army incursion into the Jenin refugee camp last year sued the Arab director of a film on the operation. The plaintiffs who filed the $500,000 libel suit on Wednesday said the film, “Jenin, Jenin” slanders the soldiers who fought in Jenin and is falsely presented as a documentary.
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