After ten years, Israel to fight al-Dura blood libel
This is from an interview with Philippe Karsenty, the French media watchdog who was instrumental in exposing the al-Dura hoax.MT: Ten years later, Enderlin’s new book is an award-winning bestseller, but does it make his case any more convincing?It's about time.
PK: It makes his case worse for him because he puts in writing the lies he has already pronounced for so many years. In his 200-page book, he doesn’t bring a single piece of evidence of his accusations against Israel to substantiate his claims. His only argument is that he has the support of the Israeli army and the Israeli secret services — and this is what has infuriated the IDF [Israeli Defense Force] and the Israeli Prime Minister’s office. And this is why that office issued a very accusatory statement against France 2 and Enderlin.
MT: Rather than fight this blood libel, Israel hoped the controversy would simply fade away, but it continues to be a successful propaganda weapon against Israel. Is that recent letter from the Prime Minister’s office, stating that the incident was most likely a hoax, an indication that Israel has decided to break its silence and fight back?
PK: Israel has decided to fight back on this case and we should see something stronger about the case in the near future. I also believe that the information war has become a strategic issue for Israel and that they now understand that they pay a high price for not responding to the lies produced by the western media outlets.
In 2007, I flagged what I thought was Mohamed al-Dura's wedding. If Israel could somehow prove that conclusively through one of its intelligence sources, that would be dynamite. A month after that wedding, Israel's Cable Channel 10 ran a story that showed that scars that Mohamed's father Jamal claimed were from the 'shooting' actually came from a 1992 attack by a 'Palestinian militia.'
Hmmm.
Labels: Mohamed al-Dura, Pallywood
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 9:34 AM
2 Comments:
All the lies that are hidden in the world sooner than later become known in all its places. G-d sees to it the truth is made manifest whether we like it or not. Man may conceal it but he cannot conceal His transgressions from the One Who Knows All.
I see this as another sign of the appearance of the justice of Providence in the affairs of the world.
I am very interested to see what the ramifications would be, not just to Enderlin, but to the entire French media establishment, which has been outspokenly supportive of his aweful lies.
You tell a lie for only so long, at some point it's just silly to carry on.
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