[Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: In response to question from IMRA if Nitsana
Darshan-Leitner plans to file a complaint herself with the police, Shurat
HaDin responded that:
"There are many victims of the second Intifada who would be willing to file
a complaint against him, and indeed this may prove to be the case as a
result of this development." ]
Shurat HaDin - Israel Law Center
Israeli legal group on al-Dura report: "Arrest France 2's bureau chief"
Tel Aviv, May 20, 2013: "Criminal charges should be filed, and Charles
Enderlin should never be allowed to practice journalism in Israel again. The
fact the al-Dura story has turned out to be a hoax should cause us to take
action against those who invented and spread this staged fable. Israel's
Government Press Office should also revoke France 2's credentials" – this
according to Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, director of Shurat HaDin – Israel Law
Center.
Late on Sunday, the Israeli government released a report which found France
2's claims that troops killed the Palestinian boy Mohammed al-Dura in 2000
as baseless. The committee's findings stressed that there were many signs
the boy wasn't even shot. The report also noted the lack of blood stains at
the scene. Enderlin's television report, airing on Sept 30, 2000, claimed
the boy came under fire from Israeli snipers, even as Enderlin was not at
the scene and unaired raw footage would later show the boy still alive.
Darshan-Leitner: "In 2007 we argued at the High Court in Jerusalem that
France 2's credentials be canceled, but the press office cited they had a
lack of authority to do so. Now that the government has determined we were
right, it's time France 2's bureau chief be prosecuted. Enderlin's report
became a symbol of the second Intifada and a modern-day blood libel directly
resulting in hundreds of Jewish and Arab deaths, only for the purpose of
raising France 2's ratings."
Darshan-Leitner added that "The French network ignited a still-burning torch
of hatred against Israel, with images of al-Dura still being presented in
anti-Israel protests in Iran, the Arab world and in Western Europe. Those
who are responsible must bear the consequences of their actions in order to
avoid the repetition of incidents like this and, moreover, to stop this
blood libel once and for all."
A 2003 government committee found that images of al-Dura's death had an
enormous impact on the beginning of the October 2000 riots which ended in
the deaths of 13 Israeli-Arab demonstrators.
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