Head of the French media watchdog agency called Media Ratings who examined raw footage of the clip broadcast on France 2 and claims it is a hoax.
French Member of Parliament representing Bouches-du-Rhône who called on France’s Minister of Communications to investigate France 2’s evidence for claiming Israeli soldiers shot and killed Mohammed Al Durah.
French citizen and France 2 viewer who has filed requests with a mediator, the CSA, and the state council – the country’s highest court – to urge France 2 to publicly acknowledge that there is no proof that the gunshots came from Israeli soldiers.
Writer and author who lives in Paris. Her key article on Al Dura “Myth, Fact and the al-Dura Affair” appeared in the September 2005 edition of Commentary.
Recently she gave an extensive interview on Al Durah to Jerry Gordon:
The Al-Dura Affair Blood Libel: an interview with Nidra ...
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Surgeon who did reconstructive surgery on Jamal Al Dura’s right arm and recognizes the scars Jamal displays (as proof that he was the victim of Israeli gunfire) as scars resulting from the surgery he performed on Jamal in 1994.
This extended AP footage ties together the scenes captured in other clips analyzed here. In this footage, we hear what sound like exchanges of fire. Indeed, this AP segment is entitled “Gaza: Gun Battle”. But do we have reason to believe this footage contains newsworthy images of conflict or confirmation that most of the scenes here were staged for the camera?
- It is quite rare to see someone caught on film at exact the moment they are hit by a bullet. ...
This is the opening sequence. At Time Code Reading (TCR) 1:17:06:12 we see Jamal Al Durah and the boy later identified by the cameraman Talal Abu Rahma as Jamal’s son, Muhammed, behind the barrel looking toward the Israeli position, apparently in fear. At the very beginning of the segment a shot rings out; Jamal and the boy seem ...
The camera’s gaze settles on the Israeli position for less than 3 seconds, zooming out rather than in, and then pans right to rest on a group of what appear to be Palestinian demonstrators, zooming in on them.
There is no visual evidence of any fire emanating from the Israeli position. We hear shooting in the background but there ...
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This segment opens at Time Code Reading (TCR) 1:17:24 with a wide shot revealing an empty camera tripod to the left of the Al Durahs. They are apparently sheltering behind a barrel upon which is resting a large stone, near a wall.
The shot almost immediately narrows to tightly focus on the father, Jamal, who is looking at the ...
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This scene opens at Time Code Reading (TCR) 1:17:40:07 with the sound of automatic weapon fire accompanied by a large cloud of dust. The camera is out of focus and shaky, but slowly comes to rest briefly on the boy lying down, with his head on Jamal Al Durah’s legs. France2’s presentation of this scene in its September ...