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Every night, France's chief weatherman has told the nation how much wind, sun or rain they can expect the following day. Now Philippe Verdier, a household name for his nightly forecasts on France 2, has been taken off air after a more controversial announcement - criticising the world's top climate change experts.

Dr. Yehuda David, who was sued for libel by the father of Muhammad al-Dura – and eventually won his case – expressed great satisfaction at the issuing of a report by a special report by a government panel that revisited the infamous incident, in which IDF soldiers were accused of killing the 12 year old Arab boy at the start of the second intifada. The committee determined that not only were the allegations – and a report by French television purporting to show IDF soldiers shooting and killing the boy – a lie, but that the al-Dura is not even...

The government investigative committee that was set up to determine the truth of allegations that IDF soldiers killed 12-year-old Muhammad al-Dura during the "Second Intifada" have determined that not only were the allegations – and a report by French television purporting to show IDF soldiers shooting and killing the boy – a lie, but that the al-Dura may not even be dead. ..... ....The fact that he was still alive at the end of the French television video, after the gunfire had stopped, could mean that the boy is alive even now. “Since this issue was first raised there have...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, at the beginning of a cabinet meeting Sunday morning, “A few minutes ago I spoke with Dr. Yehuda David, an Israeli hero,” referring to the Israeli orthopedist who emerged victorious from court on Wednesday after the French Supreme Court overturned a judgment against Dr. David, who was sued for slander by the father of Muhammed al-Dura. Video "The Muhammed al-Dura incident of September 30, 2000, has come to symbolize the ongoing propaganda against the State of Israel. While this war does not involve bullets and missiles, it is, nonetheless, as vicious and as destructive. This...

Another Big Jew-Killing Lie: Al Durah, France 2, and the Karsenty Case Christopher CookA state-owned media source films a hoax.The hoax involves the killing of a boy. The hoax is designed to inflame passions and start a war.It works. The media source's film creates a war in which many are killed. One side justifies their attacks by saying that the other side killed the boy.The killing of the boy was definitely staged, and a brave citizen points that out.The media source sues to defend their lie and destroy the citizen.They win, but then lose in a very dramatic appeal. Sounds...

The father of all fauxtography By Michelle Malkin   ·   September 12, 2006 03:54 PM The staging of pro-terrorist photos for the theater of jihad has been going on a long time. I've blogged before about a notorious incident involving iconic images of a Palestinian boy, Mohammed al Doura, broadcast by French state-owned television in 2000. The boy was allegedly gunned down by Israeli soldiers. But as Nidra Poller and David Gelernter, among others, have reported, the truth was not on the terror sympathizers' side. See also Pallywood and the investigation by Richard Landes here. Now France-2 TV is suing critics...

Not respect of the curfew: what envisages the law Any person enfreignant the rules of curfew incurs two months closes and or 3.750 euros of fine. As into normal time, the imprisonment is divided by two for the minors, that is to say one month. Moreover, the prefect can authorize searchings day and night without the police force needing the green light of the judicial power. This measurement, indicated the Minister of Interior Department Nicolas Sarkozy, will apply in the event of suspicion of detention of weapons, or then, said the Prime Minister to the French National Assembly, "in the...