Demand from the police: Stop the screening of 'The Forgotten Intifada' in Nazareth

The film 'The Intifada That Was Erased 1958' is expected to be screened tonight in Nazareth without approval from the Film Review Board. The B'Tselem organization has asked the police to prevent the screening, claiming the film incites violence and terrorism. The Ministry of Culture confirmed the film was not submitted for board approval but did not determine whether the screening requires it.

The documentary 'The Intifada That Was Erased 1958' is scheduled to be screened tonight (Sunday) at 8:00 PM at the 'Cinamana – Culture and Identity' complex in Nazareth, without having been submitted for approval by the Film Review Board. Tickets for the screening are being sold on the production's website for 60 shekels. Attorney Danny Horeen, legal advisor to the Ministry of Culture, confirmed that the film was not reviewed by the board but refrained from stating that the screening requires its approval due to a lack of details about the nature of the event. The B'Tselem organization, through attorney Michael Litvak, has demanded that the police prevent the screening, calling it 'an inciting anti-Israeli film that encourages violence and terrorism.' The film, directed by Ward Jaraysi, describes the events of May 1958 in Nazareth as 'the first mass Palestinian uprising after the Nakba' and includes testimonies from ten participants in the events. The article notes that police have previously intervened to prevent screenings of similar films, including 'Lod' and 'Jenin Jenin 2.'