Philippe Karsenty a Jewish activist Identified the al Dura video as a hoax and was sued by the TV Station and reporter. Last May a French Court of Appeals on Wednesday found in favor of Jewish activist Philippe Karsenty, overturning a lower court decision that he had libeled France 2 and its Jerusalem correspondent Charles Enderlin when he accused them of knowingly misleading the world about the death of the Palestinian child Mohammed al-Dura in the Gaza Strip in 2000.
Ten Months later Karsenty has found new evidence removing any doubt (if there was any) that the video was a fraud:
The Latest On The Al-Dura Frame-Up
From: "Philippe Karsenty"
Subject: Al Dura story: new strong allies and next actions scheduled
Dear friends,
I'm writing to inform you of a new documentary by the German public TV
station ARD as well as unprecedented support from the Israeli minister of
Foreign Affairs.
The German public TV, ARD, broadcast, on March 4, 2009, a documentary which
confirms that the news report, narrated by Charles Enderlin and broadcast
by France 2 on September 30, 2000, is a fraud.
Here is the evidence revealed, and confirmed, by this documentary:
Thanks to a biometric analysis of the faces, it has been proven that the
boy who was filmed by France 2 is not the boy presented at the Gaza morgue
and buried later. The eyebrows and the lips are very different.
• The German TV used the lip-reading technique to read the father's lips.
They discovered that Jamal al Dura gave instructions to the people who were
behind France 2's cameraman during the filming of the scene.
• The boy filmed by France 2 moves a red piece of cloth down his body for
no specific reason.
• In France 2's news report, there is no blood - neither on Mohammed nor on
Jamal al Dura's body, whereas the two were supposed to have received 15
bullets all together.
• The boy shown at the funeral as Mohammed al Dura arrived at the hospital
before 10am, whereas France 2's news report was filmed after 2:30pm.
• The German TV used the lip-reading technique to read the father's lips.
They discovered that Jamal al Dura gave instructions to the people who were
behind France 2's cameraman during the filming of the scene.
• The boy filmed by France 2 moves a red piece of cloth down his body for
no specific reason.
• In France 2's news report, there is no blood - neither on Mohammed nor on
Jamal al Dura's body, whereas the two were supposed to have received 15
bullets all together.
• The boy shown at the funeral as Mohammed al Dura arrived at the hospital
before 10am, whereas France 2's news report was filmed after 2:30pm.
German media outlets widely covered the ARD documentary. Specifically, the
prestigious Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung published two pieces about the
film.
On the Israeli side, things are heading in the right direction.
During my recent speaking tour in Israel, I met many Israeli officials, as
well as many members of the coming Netanyahu administration. Their reaction
was very positive: "The al Dura story has to be solved once and for all and
pretty soon".
Though he had not been very encouraging after France 2's defeat, I met the
spokesperson of the Israeli minister of Foreign Affairs, Yigal Palmor.
The meeting was warm and friendly.
For the first time, Yigal Palmor had access to most of the documentation
gathered about the al Dura story.
After our meeting, Palmor said that he was "very impressed by the remarkable
work achieved" where he found "no mistakes".
Nevertheless, Palmor stated that his minister doesn't intend to sue France 2
because "it's not a habit, nor part of diplomacy". Nevertheless, Mr Palmor
authorized the publication of Israel's minister of Foreign Affairs' major
change of attitude about the al Dura story which "played a major role in the
demonization of the State of Israel."
Next actions scheduled
• In order to present the most recent information available and to answer
questions from journalists, I'll hold a press conference on May
31st in Paris where the most important parts of the German documentary will
be screened. In order to attend this press conference, please send your
contact info at: confpresse@m-r.fr
• Screenings will soon be organized in France and all over Europe in order
to present the evidence of the al Dura story that is sinking France 2. If
you would like to be invited, please send your complete contact info
to: presentations@m-r.fr
• DVDs of the German documentary, with explanations, will soon be sent to
French and European members of parliament.
Please, spread this message as much as you can.
Merci et à bientôt,
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