French TV station wins Palestinian boy libel case

[Englander]

By James Mackenzie
Reuters
Thursday, October 19, 2006; 9:59 AM

PARIS (Reuters) - Broadcaster France 2 won a libel case on Thursday over accusations it faked a report into the killing of a Palestinian boy whose death in 2000 became a symbol of the uprising known as the second intifada.

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Media Ratings accused France 2 of using staged footage in a report into the death of 12 year-old Mohammed al-Durra on September 30, 2000 and demanded the sacking of the station's head of news as well as Enderlin.

The report by France 2 accused Israeli troops of shooting the boy as he took cover with his father during a gun battle between Israeli and Palestinian forces.

Harrowing footage shot by a France 2 cameraman, showing Mohammed and his father crouching in terror behind a wall apparently seconds before he was shot, was shown around the world and he was widely seen as a martyr in the Arab world.

The Israeli army initially apologized for the boy's death but later held an investigation which concluded that Palestinian gunfire had probably killed him.

More at;
WaPo

From the archives;

Israel 'sorry' for killing boy
BBC News

Broken Lives - A Year of Intifada
Chapter 2: Killings by Israelis
http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engMDE150832001">Amnesty International

[Phx_Dem]

1. Why are they refusing to release the raw footage?

any idea?

[IntiRaymi]

2. Quite obvious, actually...

The worldwide conspiracy to feed Israeli paranoia!

[Tom Joad]

3. Mohammed al-Durra was a faked report?

History revisionists get no respect from me. The Israeli perpetrators of this crime have no leg to stand on.

If it is used to whitewash the history of the intifada or downplay the Nazi atrocities, or rewrite US history of intervention in other countries (e.g. its genocide in Vietnam and support for genocide in Guatemala) ...

Israel authorities do all they can to prevent the truth from coming out. Can't say i blame them. It does not reflect well on them.