Israel's court defeats film ban

international | rights, freedoms and repression | other press Thursday September 02, 2004 12:23 by pat c

A fresh attempt to ban a documentary film about the Israeli army's invasion of a West Bank refugee camp has failed.

Israel's film board banned Jenin, Jenin from being shown in the Jewish state last year, saying it presented a distorted version of events in Jenin.

But on Monday Israel's High Court reinstated a ruling which overturned the ban, saying the film board did not have "a monopoly over truth".

Fighting in the camp in April 2002 left 52 Palestinians and 23 Israelis dead.