High Court Justice Recuses Himself from “Jenin, Jenin” Appeal Hearing
Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg disqualified himself on Sunday, August 2, from participating in a hearing on an appeal against the banning of the 2002 documentary Jenin, Jenin. Sohlberg recused himself because in 2004 he wrote an op-ed piece in which he expressed support for criminally prosecuting Muhammed Bakri, the creator of the film, for libel.…