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Israel: Al-Dura Death Was Staged, Accusations Are "An Explicit Blood Libel" [Video]

The French crew has spent the better part of a decade helping to spread a vicious blood libel:

Seven years after the death of the Palestinian boy Muhammad al-Dura in Gaza, the Prime Minister's Office speaks out against the "myth of the murder". An official document from Jerusalem denied – for the first time – that Israel was responsible for the death of al-Dura at the start of the second intifada. The document argued that the images, which showed al-Dura being shot beside his father and have become a symbol of the second intifada, were staged. "The creation of the myth of Muhammad al-Dura has caused great damage to the State of Israel. This is an explicit blood libel against the state. And just as blood libels in the old days have led to pogroms, this one has also caused damage and dozens of dead," said Government Press Office director Daniel Seaman. The arguments were based on investigations that showed that the angles of the IDF troops' fire could not have hit the child or his father, that part of the filmed material, mainly the moment of the boy's alleged death, is missing, and the fact that the cameraman can be heard saying the boy is dead while the boy is still seen moving.... In a letter to Shurat HaDin, Seaman wrote, "It turns out that the events could not have occurred as they were described by the network's reporter Charles Enderlin, since they contradict the laws of physics

Credit goes in no small part to BU historian Richard Landes, who has spent countless hours producing film and documentation to bring pressure to bear on France 2 and. His most recent Second Draft video shows the frightening acts of revenge and murder that have been directly caused by France 2's blood libel:

A Palestinian stringer produced fake anti-Israel footage with anti-Semitic overtones that was accepted uncritically by the majority of the world and led directly to violence and death? Absolutely unprecedented.

References:
* Israel officially denies responsibility for death of al-Dura in 2000 [YNet]
* The Second Draft
* Icon of Hatred [R286 / Youtube]

Previously:
* European Media Bias - Really?
* France: This Time, Hezbollah Violence Is Not OK
* WOW. Journalist Who Questioned Al-Dura Tape Found Guilty of Defamation In France

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