[ScaniaBoy]

More by Carl in Jerusalem on Israelmatzav.

This story of the young boy shot by Israeli soldiers while covering behind his father was one of the sparks that set of the bloody second intifada. Many years later, after thousands of deaths, it is now obvious even to the French courts that France 2 used faked material to make this story - that never was. If the boy al-Dura, was killed by anyone then it certainly was not by Israeli soldiers.

Very interesting to see if NYT, LAT , WaPo etc will carry this story on their frontpages. I will not hold my breath in anticiaption.

[ScaniaBoy]

PING!

[Cinnamon Girl]

Oh wow. Let me contact Philippe and see what he has to say about this!

[Old Sarge]

Perhaps the Israeli military should start filing foreign libel suits against media outfits that collaborate in fake reporting.

From your mouth, to Allah's ear, as the saying goes...

[Enchante]

More fake “news” exposed — this calls for an investigation by Dan Rather!

I’m sure that this decision will never get even a small fraction of the attention that the original hysterical Pali-propaganda received.

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[Cinnamon Girl]

I think a lot of people don't realize how huge this is, partly because the original incident happened a while ago. But this is huge, and there will only be repercussions if world media, particularly in arab countries, covers this, which they likely won't, because they aren't interested in the truth, plus they've invested too much in it already. Here are some world images from the phony event:

[Cinnamon Girl]

This is Philippe in the middle.

[happinesswithoutpeace]

thanks. bkmark

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Does this mean Egypt will remove the large statue of him they put in a a city square and the street named after him????

We all know the answer. Why should I even ask......

[Convert from ECUSA]

"Perhaps the Israeli military should start filing foreign libel suits against media outfits that collaborate in fake reporting".

Something I'd love to see - ping! That might just bankrupt all these media outfits, which would be, as Martha Stewart says, a good thing.

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[Zionist Conspirator]

It’s about time Israel fought back in the PR war! They’ve been staying out of it long enough.

[Berosus]

Just call Al-Dura to testify. I heard he’s not really dead.

[maica]

WSJ has a very interesting editorial about the reaction of French media to this court ruling. Just like American media = dead silence when news is unfavorable to their “world view.”

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121183795208620963.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries

A Hoax?
By NIDRA POLLER
FROM TODAY’S WALL STREET JOURNAL EUROPE
May 27, 2008

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The landmark ruling closes with an eloquent affirmation of the right of citizens to criticize the press freely, the right of the public to be informed honestly and seriously, the right of expression guaranteed by Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, a right that applies not only to inoffensive ideas but also to those that are shocking, disturbing, troubling.

The media that dramatically reported the killing of Mohammed al-Durra are deathly silent today. They didn’t inform the public about the ongoing controversy, didn’t attend the trials and have apparently decided to place this story into an artificial coma. As if this judgment against a colleague who placed blind trust in his Palestinian cameraman and, when called to clarify his report, attacked the questioner instead of questioning his own competence were not newsworthy?

The press corps has consistently closed ranks with Charles Enderlin. One week before the verdict was announced, pay-to-view TV station Canal+ aired a documentary seemingly concocted for the purpose of branding Philippe Karsenty — and anyone who challenged the al-Durra story — as conspiracy-theory crackpots.

Mr. Enderlin is the dean of French Middle East reporting. On France 2, he has full latitude to present his editorializing as factual news. Pointedly ignoring the al-Durra controversy, France 2 continued to give Mr. Enderlin — in tandem with cameraman Talal Abu Rahma — high-profile status on primetime news. Every few years Mr. Enderlin collects his material into another “authoritative” book on the Arab-Israeli conflict. Mr. Enderlin has been the driving force in convincing French public opinion that Israel was to blame for the breakdown of the July 2000 Camp David talks. Further, Mr. Enderlin argues that the “Al Aqsa” or second intifada turned violent because of the disproportionate repression of civilian protest by uncontrolled Israeli military personnel.

Mr. Enderlin claims ultra-Zionist Likudniks want to prevent him from reporting objectively on the Arab-Israeli conflict. He is now replaying the Karsenty case on his French state-TV blog where, in the absence of the wise Judge Trébucq, he wins hands down. He claims the al-Durra controversy was fomented in response to the publication of “Le Rêve Brisée” (Shattered Dreams), where he pinpointed Israel’s responsibility for the collapse of the peace process. (http://blog.france3.fr/charles-enderlin/index.php/2008/05/25/72983-quelques-verites-sur-la-campagne-de-desinformation-et-de-diffamation-contre-france-2-et-moi-meme)

France Télévisions director Patrick de Carolis and the CSA — roughly equivalent to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission — have been repeatedly called by media watchdogs to intervene in the al-Durra controversy. Can they all remain deaf to the wisdom of a courageous judge who has reasserted the journalist’s responsibility to serve the people and account for the way he does his job?