Fauxtography at Haaretz: Picture of 14-year old suicide bomber used to portray 7-year old boy
Haaretz runs a story by Amira Hass (a Jewish correspondent who lives in Ramallah and has lived in Gaza) in which she claims that a 7-year old boy was mistakenly summoned for questioning by the IDF (Hat Tip: Eliana). Her goal seems to be to solicit an apology from the IDF directly to the family. But in the process, Haaretz uses a picture of a 14-year old suicide bomber and tries to pass him off as the 7-year old boy.The entire summons was intended for another person in another family.
The summons customarily bears a four-part name (first name, name of the father, name of the grandfather, and family name ). Only the first name in this case was in fact the same as that of the child, but the IDF still failed to notice the triple mistake of delivering the summons to a 7-year-old, bearing the wrong name and at the wrong address.Haaretz decided it needed a picture to run with the story. Having no picture of the boy in question (for obvious reasons), it ran the picture below.
The Shin Bet spokesperson's office told Haaretz the security service does not summon children to be interrogated and this case was obviously a mistake. The summons was meant for someone else in the village with a similar name, the Shin Bet spokesman said, "and the force made a mistake in the address. We apologize for the distress caused to the child as a result."
Defense for Children said in response that they welcomed the apology, but questioned whether it was issued to the family directly or only through the media.
The IDF spokesman said that there had been confusion between two families with similar names who live nearby to each other, and that the mix up was an innocent mistake.
Well, if the boy in that picture looks a little older than 7, it's because he is (or was when the picture was taken). And if he looks to be dressed a little warmly for the end of June, it's because the picture wasn't taken at the end of June. And if he looks familiar to you, you have a good memory. It's from March 2004.Let's go to the videotape, also sent by Eliana.
Yes, the picture came from that video. Note the boy walking around in the oversized army jacket in the video after the suicide belt was taken off.
So to summarize (from Eliana again),
Ha'aretz is trying to show a pitiful photo of a "Palestinian boy" being "apprehended" by the IDF when it's actually a suicide bomber who was caught before he could blow up his bomb. This kid is also mildly retarded. He said others told him that blowing himself us was the only way he would ever have a girl. He didn't want to die, though.Whose side is Haaretz on anyway?
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:08 AM
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BS"D It has been clear for a very long time (not including their traitorous reporters actively working to undermine Israeli security) - THEY ARE IN FAVOR OF ANYTHING THAT WILL TOPPLE ISRAEL, AND WILL PLACE JEWISH UNITY AS A PRIORITY IN THE LIVES OF JEWS.
They are an anathema to travesty of anything trying to resemble journalism.
Haaretz actually used this same photo for a previous Amira Hass article about two weeks ago.
It was this article:
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/amira-hass-beatings-arrests-nighttime-raids-and-dubious-indictments-1.295998
It looks like they changed the photo with something more appropriate since the last time I checked.
The crime is treason.
Knit, Madam Defarge, knit!
Haaretz IS the Hebrew Palestinian daily. I'm not surprised it misrepresents the truth and employs lies to advance its agenda.
If they are going to change in the future, don't hold your breath waiting for it to happen.
What could go wrong indeed
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