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DESCRIPTION:FROM JENIN TO BAGHDAD - A SHOWING OF THE FILM, "JENIN, JENIN" \nwith a 
 RECEPTION and POETRY \n\nSunday, April 27th 6:00 - 9:00 pm \nReception at 
 6:00, Poetry at 6:30, Film at 7:00 pm \nNew College Theater, 777 Valencia 
 St, San Francisco (between 18th & 19th St.) \n\n"The American military has 
 been asking the Israeli army for advice on fighting inside cities, and 
 studying fighting in the West Bank city of Jenin last April, unnamed United 
 States and Israeli sources have confirmed. If the US army believes the road 
 to Baghdad lies through Jenin, there is reason for Iraqi civilians to be 
 concerned. During fighting in the Jenin refugee camp last April, more than 
 half the Palestinian dead were civilians. Using bulldozers, the Israeli 
 army demolished an entire neighbourhood -- home to 800 Palestinian families 
 -- reducing it to dust and rubble. Martin van Creveld, a professor of 
 military history and strategy at Jerusalem's internationally respected 
 Hebrew University, has told reporters that, following his advice to US 
 Marines, the American military bought nine of the converted bulldozers used 
 in the Jenin demolitions from Israel." -- Justin Huggler, The Independent 
 (29 March 2003). \n\n"Jenin, Jenin," produced by Palestinian actor and 
 director Mohammed Bakri, includes testimony from Jenin residents after the 
 Israeli army's Defensive Wall operation, during which the city and camp 
 were the scenes of fierce fighting. The operation ended with Jenin 
 flattened and scores of Palestinians dead. Palestinians as well as numerous 
 human rights groups accused Israel of committing war crimes in the April 
 2002 attack on the refugee camp. "Jenin Jenin" shows the extent to which 
 the prolonged oppression and terror has affected the state of mind of the 
 Palestinian inhabitants of Jenin. \n\nBakri's movie provides residents 
 permission to speak. It is sad to hear these testimonies and see their 
 faces. Wounded human souls, people who have experienced devastation, talk 
 about the hopes they once had, about the calamity they've suffered, about 
 their home that was demolished. Bitterness and grief are the prevailing 
 feelings among the majority of the population. Bakri has said that he's out 
 to tell the world: "Look where the terror springs from. Look at the fertile 
 ground, at the infrastructure that you've created, upon which terror has 
 blossomed. And then, perhaps, they'll do some soul searching." \n\nBanned 
 in Israel, "Jenin Jenin" is dedicated to Iyad Samudi, the producer of the 
 film, who returned home to Yamun after the shooting of the film was 
 completed. On June 23, as Israeli forces besieged Yamun, Samudi was shot 
 and killed as he was leaving a military-closed area with three friends. 
 \n\nThis event is sponsored by the Northern California Support Group of the 
 International Solidarity Movement. Suggested donation is $10 – 15, more 
 if you can, less if you can’t. No one turned away. For more information, 
 please visit http://www.norcalism.org or email info@norcalism.org. \n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/19183.php
SUMMARY:From Jenin to Baghdad - Showing of Film, "Jenin, Jenin" with Reception and Poetr
LOCATION:New College Theater, 777 Valencia St, San Francisco (between 18th & 19th 
 St.) \n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/19183.php
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