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Despite a legal attempt to stop it, documentary The Bibi Files, which shows leaked interrogation footage of the Israeli prime minister, made its debut at the festival

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[-] Sundial@lemm.ee 67 points 3 months ago

A member of what appeared to be a largely pro-Israel audience policed Gibney’s language, interrupting the producer to clarify that Netanyahu had not yet been found guilty. The attempts at seizing control of the narrative, both on screen and off, didn’t end there.

Don't you love when people make this argument? "Well he isn't actually convicted of blatantly committing war crimes. Just well known for it."

The incriminating evidence in the interrogation videos have already been leaked and reported on by Israeli media. But the videos will never be shown to the public (at least legally) in that country. According to Gibney, Israeli law grants privacy to subjects who have been photographed in official proceedings, which would make publication of the footage illegal. “It’s a peculiar law to Israel [that] doesn’t affect the rest of the world,” Gibney said.

Good thing the internet exists.

[-] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago

“Well he isn’t actually convicted of blatantly committing war crimes. Just well known for it.”

I think this was in reference to corruption, not war crimes but I get your point.

[-] Sundial@lemm.ee 22 points 3 months ago

True, he's just so well known for the ongoing genocide and decades of oppression of the Palestinian population that the corruption charges are so easy to forget. Definitely helps put into perspective just how evil this man is.

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