Si rivolse al membro della Knesset Benjamin Halevy, un ex giudice che aveva presieduto il processo ai responsabili del massacro di #KafrQasem del 1956, era stato uno dei giudici nel processo ad #AdolfEichmann e aveva coniato il termine “ordine palesemente illegale”. Anche questo non servì a nulla.

Nell'estate del 2000, un bulldozer egiziano scoprì una fossa comune a #RasSudr contenente 52 corpi: la prova forense che confermava le testimonianze dei soldati.
Loevy diresse una serie semi-fiction intitolata “Retzach, Metzalmim” (“Omicidio, stiamo filmando”) sull'evento, ma il muro di silenzio non si incrinò.

Il giornalista di Haaretz Avichai Becker seguì le sue orme e intervistò i soldati riservisti di Ras Sudr, compreso il comandante della compagnia che aveva ordinato gli omicidi. La censura bloccò l'intervista. ⬇️5

Israeli Palestinians attending the premier. The screening went ahead as scheduled.

Scenes from the movie:

[…] Magav forces did update the mukhtars of the villages, but did not bother to update all residents of Kafr Qasem who left for work outside of it that same day. From the protocols, it emerges that this was not a matter of forgetfulness or mistake, but rather a decision made with a clear mind. The fact that many of the residents left the village that day for work was brought before the commanders. But they decided that it would actually be not a bad idea for some of the residents who return to the village after the curfew to be killed that same day. "It's better if a few go like that, and then they'll learn," testified one of the Magav soldiers in court.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

[…] Excerpts from these protocols have already been published, and yet, setting them on the screen alongside the testimonies of the village residents and the explanations of the historians paints a picture of a premeditated and directed massacre carried out by Israeli security forces against innocent civilians – a picture that becomes even more chilling in the current timing, when the word "massacre" is so loaded and alive in the Israeli reality.

[…] Residents of the village who witnessed the killings describe how Magav soldiers ordered their comrades in the field "to mow them down", while the protocols make clear that the commanders dispatched their orders to kill innocent civilians. The soldiers had no problem shooting at women, children and infants, and were willing to obey any order without exercising judgment.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

[Hebrew] http://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/cinema/docaviv/2024-05-25/ty-article-magazine/.premium/0000018f-b05f-dfc6-a3ef-b55f161b0000 or https://archive.is/Iwkea

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