Israel’s Supreme Court overturned a ban on a documentary-style film accusing Israel’s army of atrocities in a 2002 battle in Jenin. “Jenin, Jenin,” directed by Israeli Arab actor Mohammed Bakri, was banned by the country’s Film Ratings Board following complaints by families of 23 soldiers who were killed in the West Bank refugee camp in April 2002.
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