The boy in this image was shot by Palestinian forces in combat with Israeli Defense Forces.
Most people don't believe this take on events. Most people believe the boy was a victim of IDF fire. But
I told you in 2002
I told you in 2004
And now the French courts agree, in a sort of convoluted sense, that there's evidence that one of the major events leading up to the second Palestinian intifada was a hoax, and that all media reports of the event were wrong, leading to further rioting and killing and death.
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The footage, and Enderlin's broadcast assertion of Israeli responsibility for the killing of al-Dura, turned the 12-year-old's death into a cause célèbre in the Muslim world. According to Middle East and media expert Tom Gross, "Osama bin Laden referred to al-Dura in a post-9/11 video; the killers of Wall St. Journal reporter Daniel Pearl placed a picture of him in their beheading video; streets, squares and academies have been named after al-Dura. He became a poster child for the Intifada."
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French media lied. People died.