Israeli Minister for Culture and Sports Miri Regev called yesterday the legal adviser of the government Avihai Mandelblit to initiate an investigation against the actor Muhammad Bakri.
On Saturday, September 23, during his stay in Lebanon, the director of the film "Jenin, Jenin" Muhammad Bakri said: "Normalizing relations with the Zionist enemy is equivalent to betraying the interests of the Palestinian people."
In her address to Avihail Mandelblit, Miri Regev reported that, contrary to Israeli legislation, Bakri visited Lebanon. Recall that the law prohibits Israeli citizens (except in special cases) to visit enemy states, including Lebanon and Syria.
Regev stressed that the statements of the Israeli actor and director representing the Arab community at the festival of Palestinian culture held in Lebanon were inflammatory. "Citizen of Israel Mohammad Bakri, according to media reports, speaking at the festival" Days of Palestine "held in Lebanon, accused the Arab countries maintaining relations with Israel in betrayal," the Minister of Culture said in an appeal to the government's legal adviser