The truth comes out - French court Rules Al Dura footage is hoax

The word is out - French court today ruled in favor of Phillipe Karsenty, overturning a lower court decision that he had libeled France 2 and its Middle East correspondent Charles Enderlin when he accused them of knowingly misleading the public about the death of the Palestinian child Mohammed al-Dura in the Gaza Strip in 2000.

The footage in question, shot by Palestinian cameraman and France 2 stringer Talal Abu Rahma, showed the kid Al Dura hiding with his father and then jumped to showing Al Dura lying on the ground apparently dead. The voice over narrative created the impression it was Israel that killed the boy, leading to an unprecedented wave of hatred towards Israel.

Finally the truth comes out - now we'll see how main stream media in France and the world will react.

The media which was in such a hurry to broadcast to the world that Israel killed Al Dura, is so far relatively silent. Bloggers are taking the lead and reacting to these important news - here is a good summary from Augean Stables which was first out with the news. Just as the lie reached billions of people, we must aim for the truth to do the same.

Comments

[Antonio Al Masri]

Everyone reading this must do anything they can to spread the word to bring this issue to justice AND anything possible to bring justice to the people behind it.

[Barbara Oberman]

Philippe Karsenty has done the world an enormous service
and I personally think that he is a very brave and heroic
man to take on the forces at work in this lie.

[Allyson Rowen Taylor]

Bravo Philippe and to all the supporters of the truth! A long hard fight for truth by a true hero.

[johnny kosher]

i think this is an important verdict to get out but im sorry to say that the youtube clip is terrible. we dont see who is speaking, it doesnt seem official, nothing is cited, and so on. something professional and academic should be produced. not a cartoon that comes off like bad propaganda

[RichardRose]

Finally the truth, a light of honesty, this news must spread if for no other reason to cast the news media, in the eyes of the public, for the liars they are. Bigoted, pro evil liars.

Kudos for all the hard work that went into exposing this.

[John Turner]

If only this could get as much exposure as the original hoax!

[Chaya Eitan]

FINALLY! But will the mainstream media take notice? I suggest that everyone who reads this here send it to a whole bunch of their friends and tell them to do the same.

[yuval Brandstetter]

The next truth that needs to come out is the hoax of the Palestinian identity. It never was, it was manufactured as a tool of the islamo-Nazi jihad to bludgeon the Jews, just like the Al-Dura hoax, and the Deir Yassin hoax.

[Yosha]

Please do not confuse us with facts. No one is interested in truth when it comes to accusation of Jews. Remember who crucified Jesus? Yet, for 1,700 years the Jews were accused of killing him. So there is nothing new under the sun and even if the Palestinian killed Muhamed Al-Dura, it is the Israelis who took the blame.

[Lgevirtz]

It's about time that the truth is told and the Arab claims are shown to be nothing but filthy lies.