The release of the Kuperwasser Committee Report has elicited a broad range of response. Among them, has been the (predictable) reaction of journalists who, either out of a defense of Enderlin and the reputation of the profession of journalists, have come out against the report. In the process, they have exposed to the public the full array of memes they deploy in the service of defending a lethal narrative problematized. I have been responding as best I can to the ...
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This document originally appeared on seconddraft.org
The sources themselves. Go to the pages where we have posted the raw footage from three Palestinian cameramen, working for major Western news agencies at Netzarim Junction on Sept. 30, 2000, and judge for yourself if what you see filmed represents real or staged “events.” Only then should you investigate further and read the opinion of others.
by RICHARD LANDES
April 4, 2013 – 7:38 am
Source Al-Dura Verdict: What Prognosis for Civil Society in France?
At 3:00 p.m. on September 30, 2000, everything turned upside down at Netzarim Junction in the Gaza Strip. France2 cameraman Talal abu Rahma — after a day of filming spontaneously staged scenes of Palestinian ...
Islamism is winning the cognitive war – thanks to manipulative and gullible journalists
By Richard Landes World Last updated: April 4th, 2013
The image that shocked the world
The image the world didn’t see: Enderlin, having already declared the boy dead, cut this final sequence from his broadcast.
Anyone who remembers the halcyon dreams of the 1990s, ...
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In what seems to be an interesting act of hesitation, the French court has delayed its decision on the Enderlin-Karsenty trial until May 22. For those arguing a politicized court which would naturally side with state-owned and politically-correct France2, this needs explanation. A kangaroo court does not hesitate. If it hesitates, it’s because the evidence is so “badly” in Karsenty’s favor that the judges hesitate to defy it. Whether for fear of contradiction, or some (significant but not decisive) remaining ...
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Yesterday was the sixth hearing in the saga of France 2 and Charles Enderlin suing Philippe Karsenty for defamation in the French courts. In some senses it was something of an anti-climax. In others it was an amazing example of the clash between Baker and rekaB Streets. Indeed, the Société des journalistes (SNJ) and SNJ de France Télévisions both called on members to show their support for Enderlin, who was valiantly defending himself against Karsenty’s legal aggression, when in fact ...
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The following was published on Jan. 15 at Times of Israel
The French have a saying for the idea of a public secret, un secret de Polichinelle dans le tirroir – a humiliating fact still hidden in the drawer that will eventually come out, like an unwanted pregnancy. And France has one of those secrets, but rather than a life, this particular one gives birth to hatred, vengeance, and death. The drawer rattled recently when Mohamed ...
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Martin Malliet’s Reflections on the Enderlin-Karsenty Case in the Al Durah Affair
Richard Landes
January 1, 2013
The article that follows was originally published on January 1, 2013, the Augean Stables blog
In response to the previous post, reader Martin J. Malliet wrote the following about the upcoming trial in Paris. Since this trial, scheduled for hearing on January ...