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Tributes follow the death of Palestinian filmmaker Mohammed Bakri who passed away at 72 due to heart and lung complications in an Israeli hospital.Bakri gained international notoriety for his documentary “Jenin, Jenin” which the Israeli Supreme Court banned in 2022 after labeling the work defamatory.
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