Police shutter office of Hadash party over screening of controversial film

Police have shuttered a branch office of the Arab-majority Hadash party, which was planning to host a screening of a controversial film.

Police issued an order closing the office for 10 hours.

The film that Hadash was hoping to screen is a sequel to the 2003 film “Jenin, Jenin.”

The widely discredited film is known for falsely alleging that the Israel Defense Forces massacred civilians in the West Bank city of Jenin during the Operation Defensive Shield military campaign at the height of the Second Intifada.

In 2022, the Supreme Court issued a final ruling barring screenings of “Jenin, Jenin.”

Now: dozens of activists protest against the Haifa police decision to place a closing ban for the Hadash party club, as they were planing to screen this evening the film “Jenin Jenin” pic.twitter.com/GZ0BIu82T3

— Oren Ziv (@OrenZiv_) August 26, 2024