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Durrah
On 30 September 2000, the second day of the Second Intifada, 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah () was killed in the Gaza Strip during widespread protests and riots across the Palestinian territories against Israeli military occupation. Jamal al-Durrah and his son Muhammad were filmed by Talal Abu Rahma, a Palestinian television cameraman freelancing for France 2, as they were caught in crossfire between the Israeli military and Palestinian security forces. Footage shows them crouching behind a concrete cylinder, the boy crying and the father waving, then a burst of gunfire and dust. Muhammad is shown slumping as he is mortally wounded by gunfire, dying soon after."French court examines footage of Mohammad al-Dura's death" , ''Haare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Enderlin
Charles Enderlin (born 1945) is a French-Israeli journalist, specialising in the Middle East and Israel. He is the author of a number of books on the subject, including ''Shamir, une biographie'' (1991), ''Shattered Dreams: The Failure of the Peace Process in the Middle East, 1995–2002'' (2002), and ''The Lost Years: Radical Islam, Intifada and Wars in the Middle East 2001–2006'' (2007). He was awarded France's highest decoration, the Légion d'honneur, in August 2009. Enderlin came to international public attention in September 2000, when he provided the voice-over for a France 2 report on the killing of 12-year-old boy Muhammad al-Durrah by soldiers of the Israeli army. The event was important at the start of the Second Intifada.Astier, HenrGaza media battle in French court BBC News, 13 November 2007. A few months after Enderlin's report, a small group of people in France (Gérard Huber, Philippe Karsenty, Luc Rosenzweig) contested the origin of the bullets that killed al- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Karsenty
Philippe Karsenty (born 25 June 1966) is a French politician and founder of ''Media-Ratings'', a company monitoring the French media for bias. Karsenty came to public attention when he was sued for libel by the public French television network, France 2, over accusations of staged footage by France 2 over the killing of a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, Muhammad al-Durrah. The libel suit lasted a decade, with the ultimate verdict being against Karsenty and requiring him to pay damages to France 2. Early life Karsenty was born in Issy-les-Moulineaux. When he was in his 20s, he set up a share-trading company on the Paris Bourse, and continued to work as a broker until 1997. Career In 1996, he set up a business consultancy, and in 2002, he ran for parliament on a center-right ticket, obtaining only 3% of the vote. He was then condemned to one-year ineligibility for not deposing his campaign budget. In 2008, he was elected a deputy mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine. 2012 Legislative Electio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
