Scroll down to read Take-A-Pen’s 2 Recent Letter-Writing Calls;  January 22, 2008:

http://www.take-a-pen.org/CallForAction/CFA.html

 

Call i : Help to dismantle the ‘Muhammad Al Durra Fraud! - UPDATE: Jan.22, 2008, and

Call ii : Save SDEROT & Save GAZA!   -   UPDATE:  January 22, 2008

 

Call i  - Take-A-Pen’s Letter-Writing Call: Help us to spread The Truth about the Muhammad Al Dura image!

Let’s act to further check and discredit the most probably fake France 2 movie about killing Muhammad al-Durra***!

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Can France 2’s famous Muhammad Al Dura film be a fake?

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Famous   frame of  the  probably fake France TV-2 movie about the alleged killing of   the Palestinian kid Muhammad al-Durra   by Israel,       on
Sept.  30, 2000.

January 22, 2008

A/ New Evidence against the Al Dura Fraud provided by surgeon! - by Endre MOZES* - December 17, 2007 – See on our English page (Click ‘English’ button above)

 

Read below: 

B/ Take-A-Pen Letter about Al Durra published in the Jerusalem JPost :

       “Nothing supports France-2 saying that Israeli soldiers killed the boy” (Nov.22)

C/ Backgrounder about the Al Durra case by Take-A-Pen*- October 25, 2007, Update: Dec.3  -   (Also in English, Russian, Spanish, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Swedish and Finnish, on our relevant pages)

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  B/ Take-A-Pen Reader’s Letter:

     ”Not a single frame supports France 2’s view that Israeli soldiers killed the Al-Durra boy”

 

To the Letter Editor                                 (as published in The Jerusalem Post on November 22, 2007)

 More important than the personal

Sir, - Re: "Outcry raised over missing minutes in al-Dura film"(Nov.19): It is commendable that the Post is covering this case, which has suffered from insufficient media attention. But I disliked the tone of this article, which repeatedly generalized supporters of Philippe Karsenty’s views such as myself  as 'crying foul', as if this were a football match. 

Our international media-watch organization, Take-A-Pen, has followed this important and tragic case since September 2000.  I traveled to Paris to learn and do more for the truth and not to support a person, though I respect Karsenty's courage in standing up for what he believes.

The article discussed the interesting point that France 2 presented only 18 minutes of footage instead of the known 27 minutes. I saw those 18 minutes together with the jury, and there isn’t a single frame there supporting France 2’s Charles Enderlin’s original voiceover assessment that Israeli soldiers killed the boy, or were involved in his death in any way. On the other hand, I observed and upon request can present many indications that France 2's film was staged; as Philippe Karsenty says.

More important than the personal aspect is the fact that hundreds of millions have believed for years France 2's statement about terrible Israeli brutality committed against a young boy; a belief that today seems totally unfounded.

 

ENDRE MOZES, Chairman

Take-A-Pen, Haifa

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  C/ Backgrounder by Take-A-Pen*      - October 25, 2007,  Update: November 3

 

   On September 30, 2000 the world watched with horror and pain France 2 TV’s movie showing how a Palestinian boy, Muhammad al-Durrah, was killed in crossfire between Palestinian gunmen and Israeli soldiers.  In his voiceover France 2’s reporter Charles Enderlin asserted (though, as it turned out he had not been present at the event and leant on the sole witness Palestinian cameraman Talal Abu Rahma) that Israel killed the boy, implying it was deliberate.

 

     The footage spread fast across the world, and the images, together with the accusation against Israel, became the most powerful icons of hate; for Palestinians, for the global Jihad and for Israel- and Jew-haters around the world. For an example, Jewish journalist Daniel Pearl's killers used al-Durrah's image in the video showing Pearl's beheading.

 

     Since then more and more experts around the world - and recently the Israeli Defense Forces itself - concluded that the France 2’s al-Durrah movie must have been a forgery and their accusation untrue. Analyses of site layout and ballistic evidence prove IDF soldiers could not shoot the boy.

 

    Sensational Breakthrough expected on 14 November - Crucial Day in the Court

    France 2 broadcast less than 1 minute of the 27 minutes raw footage shot by Rahma. The full footage could have spilled light on the truth, but France 2 has always refused to make this crucial evidence available to experts or to the public. Instead, they accused French investigating reporter Philippe Karsenty, one of those who said the footage was a fraud, of libel. Last year France 2 almost won the case. Karsenty, despite a recommendation from the prosecutor to rule in his favor, was found guilty and was fined 1 Euro in damages.

 

    However, this year the case has taken a new turn. On 12 September, the first day of the present appeal trial, the judge ruled that France 2 must submit the entire footage to the court by the next hearing on November 14.  (Take A Pen and its friends, inside and out of our organization, may feel true satisfaction; our previous intensive letter-writing campaign, to TV France 2 and to French President Sarkozy**, have probably contributed to the court’s will to reveal the truth this time.

    This ruling has great significance. Either if on November 14 the raw footage reveals contradictions regarding the authenticity of the broadcast footage, or if France 2 doesn’t present the full original raw footage; one will have a good reason not to believe any more to France 2’s al-Durrah story, literally a ‘one-man-show’. That is why informed circles look forward with great expectation to this next court-day.

 

    Our strong wish now is that the truth be found. That Philippe Karsenty’s mouth be not shut.

    The future? In Paris, the city where Captain Dreyfuss was once unjustly sentenced and much later rehabilitated, TV France 2 may also become from the accuser the libelous party; for disseminating its probably fake Muhammad Al-Durrah movie and the unfounded accusation it made, and for obstructing the finding of truth, by concealing the full raw footage for so long.

 

    Take-A-Pen, in a joint project with the prestigious HonestReporting organization, was in the Paris courtroom on November 14, to immediately inform You about the outcome of the hearing –  SEE OUR REPORT AND YOUTUBE MOVIE, ON TOP OF THIS HOME PAGE! – (Nov. 15, 2007)

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   *Endre MOZES, Take-A-Pen’s chairman wrote this backgrounder/editorial, see at http://www.take-a-pen.org/CallForAction/CFA.html

    ** See at http://www.take-a-pen.org/CallForAction/CFA.html

    *** The name Al Dura is written in many forms, incl. al Dura, al-Dura, Al Durra, Al Durrah and more.

 

  

   You may read below previous letters and articles about this case:

 

(1) Take-A-Pen Chairman’s Letter to President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy   re: the Muhammad al-Durrah case

(2) Standwithus’ Letter-Writing Call to President Sarkozy  -  about the Philippe Karsenty vs. France TV-2

(3) Petition to Président de France Télévision  -  for the release of crucial evidence in Mohammed al-Dura case

(4) Background info for the Muhammad al-Durrah fake  -  in English and in French:

           http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2006/09/18/cybercast-news-service-weighs-in-on-al-durah-trial/

(5) UPDATE - IDF demands France 2 video of al-Dura shooting -  read below

(6) UPDATE, September 23 - Dam Bursts at Al Dura Trial! -  read below

 

  Based on these, you can write your own letter! to your own paper or TV station, asking coverage and proper commentary about the case; to the court or to President Sarkozy, demanding justice.  France 2 and not Karsenty is the libelous party.

                    

 

(1)  Take-A-Pen Chairman’s Letter to President Nicolas Sarkozy:

 

To: Le Président de la Republique, Nicolas Sarkozy

      Via Facsimile: 00 33 1 47 42 24 65


Dear President Sarkozy:    September 3, 2007

 

Subject: Trial of Philippe Karsenty about the Mohammed al-Durrah fake - and

               the role of France’s President

Your election to France’s president has changed the world’s spiritual map.  France, one of the world’s opinion leaders, radiates sincerity again.  Many people around the world start to believe again that honest and brave leadership may be stronger than deals and political correctness.

We are approaching you about a complex legal case coming to an appeal court in France soon; where a defamation case, a blood libel against the Israeli people, and the reputation of France, its justice system and its President are at stake.

Below I recall some facts about this case and about the close involvement of the French presidency.


(We, Take-A-Pen, are a global volunteer organization around the world which in 18 languages and in many countries watches the media and public life for their truth or untruth said and done, particularly about Israel and the Middle East. We act and publicly write in defense of the truth.)

 

One of the worse atrocities against truth the world has seen in recent years was the less than a minute long movie of France’s TV-2 about the alleged deliberate killing of a Palestinian boy, Mohammed al-Durrah, by Israel.

This movie and the photos became the most powerful icons of the Palestinians, of global Jihad and of hatred of Israel around the world.

Powerful icons both for honest people who naïvely believed that such cruelty had really happened, and for global Islamist militancy which uses it since then for recruitment to terrorism, for incitement to hatred of their young ones and even as a direct pretext of an estimated at least 500 deaths in the worldwide upheaval Islamists launched after the movie, including the murder of the journalist Daniel Pearl.

Daniel Pearl's killers used al-Durrah's image in the video showing Pearl's beheading.

 

The problem with the France TV-2 movie is that it most probably is an absolute fake.

 

The short al-Durrah show, published and distributed in the whole world free by TV-2, was edited from a forty times (!) longer raw footage. But that raw footage, at least 27 minutes long, was never shown by TV 2 to the world or to professionals who formally requested to see it.

The single witness of the al-Durrah movie’s authenticity was the photographer, Palestinian cameraman Talal Abu Rahma himself. Charles Enderlin, Jerusalem Bureau Chief for France 2 then, had not been present when the al-Durrah movie was shot and apparently did no serious check of authenticity before he released the libelous movie.

 

On the other hand great many signs and professional researches made by German, American, international and French expert teams (including investigating reporter Philippe Karsenty of Paris) indicate that the movie in which the boy supposedly "dies" - is a complete forgery!

Absurd contradictions were found by dozens within that short movie, like: we can hear maybe a hundred shots, but later a recording was found that during the editing of the movie the sound of one shot was endlessly repeated. Or: after the hundreds of shots not one hole was seen in the drum which stood right behind father and son allegedly for 45 minutes of shootings. Or: the ambulance arrived and left the scene within a few seconds; hardly enough for sportsmen to jump into the back of a car; but the evacuation of the injured boy or his body could never be seen. No body or reliable hospital record of the allegedly dead boy was ever found or documented.

 

All circumstantial evidence suggests strongly that a cunning fake made by the photographer combined with the utmost professional negligence by the film’s editor, Charles Enderlin, produced one of the most severe global blood libels of our time.

Release of the crucial evidence held by TV-2 could solve the doubts. It seems that this is exactly what TV-2 wants to avoid.

 

Since then this most ‘successful’ fake propaganda film inspired a whole new Palestinian and Islamist lie industry; whole studios, widely called and documented as ‘Pallywood’, are fabricating staged false ‘news’.

 

In recent years the falsity of TV 2’s al-Durrah movie has gradually became a global consensus. The only way TV-2 could obstruct truth be found and be fully proven, has been its refusal to disclose the full raw footage.

Last September the French court rendered, after then-President Chirac’s rather weird intervention, a judgment against Philippe Karsenty for defamation, in favour of Charles Enderlin and TV-2 television station.

This politicized judgment damaged very seriously the reputation of President Chirac, of the French justice system and of France as a whole.

 

 

Dear President Sarkozy!  On September 12, 2007 Philippe Karsenty will present his appeal to the court against the 2006 judgment.

We are appealing to you now for your support to a fair and not manipulated appeal procedure. 

Of course we are not suggesting that you interfere with the course of justice; but we do suggest that you undo the previous French President’s intervention seemingly against finding the inconvenient truth.

We do request that you support the court ordering France TV-2 to release the crucial evidence: the 27 minutes long footage, filmed by the sole witness cameraman, and never shown to the public or to experts. 

 

True that the release of that evidence and the court’s finding the truth about France 2’s fraud are going to cause embarrassing moments for certain people and institutions.  But such embarrassing moments are going to come anyway.  The question is whether you, France’s President today, are going to be the hero of finding the truth - or its obstructer, as Mr. Chirac may be remembered for a long time.

 

We wish you, to France and Israel, to Philippe Karsenty and the whole world; success for Justice.

 

Respectfully,

Endre MOZES

Chairman of Take-A-Pen

www.take-a-pen.org

mozesey@netvision.net.il

 

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(2) Standwithus Letter-Writing Call:

Please write to Nicolas Sarkozy regarding upcoming
Mohammed al-Dura case

Jews are no strangers to accusations of blood libel. We know that they insight anger, hatred, and even mass murder.

Friday, August 31, 2007.

Dear Friends,
We need your help.
Please take five minutes and fax a note to French President Nicolas Sarkozy about the upcoming trial in two weeks regarding the release of critical footage by French television that would show that the Palestinian boy, Mohammed al-Dura, was not killed by Israelis.

This is important because the al-Dura incident has been used to inflame the Arab world, and continues to be used to this day as a trigger for hatred and ideological warfare, and even violence. Tell President Sarkozy that the photo of al-Dura was at the crime scene of the murder of journalist Daniel Pearl, who actually lived in France with his wife for a period of time. The case of Mohammed al-Dura is still brought up on college campuses, to illustrate that Israel is "the worlds worst human rights abuser" It would be extremely significant if French TV finally released this footage.

YOU CAN HELP.
By sending a brief note to President Sarkozy, it will let him know that there are people who care and are watching to see if justice will be done in this case. Thank you for your help.

Below you will find a sample letter and more background, as well as President Sarkozy's fax number.

DONT WAIT PLEASE.... Time is of the essence....and please don’t assume that others will do this. Please get involved.

BACKGROUND
Please join the effort to help … friend Philippe Karsenty who created Media-Ratings in 2004 in response to mistakes and misinformation that the French media outlets were publishing on many subjects. Philippe is appealing an unfair conviction for defaming a French television journalist. At issue is the alleged killing of a Palestinian boy, Mohammed al- Dura, who became a symbol of the "2nd intifada." It is obvious that the film in which he supposedly "dies" is a fake. See "The Al-Dura Hoax." The trial begins on September 12, 2007, we are appealing to French President, Nicolas Sarkozy for his support in this matter. A victory for Philippe is critically important, as it will aid in insuring factual and honest reporting throughout the entire international media. It is not only Philippe Karsenty who is on trial, but the State of Israel and Jewish people throughout the world.

Below is a sample letter to French President, Nicolas Sarkozy. Please copy, (personalize) and paste the letter below, or write your own letter, and print on your letter-head, or blank piece of paper, date and sign it. Please forward this call to your lists.
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Sarkozy's fax number from US
011 33 1 47 42 24 65

Date:

President Nicolas Sarkozy

Via Facsimile: 011 33 1 47 42 24 65

Subject: Mohammed al-Dura Hoax and trial of Philippe Karsenty

Dear President Sarkozy:

Congratulations on your election.

We are a group of concerned American citizens appealing to you for support relative to serious misrepresentations made by French state TV broadcasting and more specifically to the Mohammed al-Dura fraud case. On September 12, 2007, Philippe Karsenty of Paris will present his appeal of a 2006 judgment against him for defamation rendered in favour of Charles Enderlin, Jerusalem Bureau Chief for France 2, and the television station responsible for airing the Mohammed al-Dura hoax.

At issue is the alleged killing of a Palestinian boy, Mohammed al-Dura, who became a symbol of the "2nd intifada." It is obvious that the film in which he supposedly "dies" is a forgery. France 2 is holding 27 minutes of raw footage of the incident, which could resolve the controversy once and for all, but if refuses to do so.

France 2 published a fabricated and misleading photo that launched a worldwide upheaval resulting in at least 500 deaths, and rage throughout the Muslim world. Moreover, the al-Dura scam has successfully established a pattern for many other fabricated revenge atrocities. Daniel Pearl was killed to avenge al-Dura. Pearl's killers used al-Dura's image in the video of Pearl's murder. Osama bin Laden invoked the "dead" child's name in recruitment videos in a celebratory fashion after 9/11.

The verdict rendered in Philippe Karsenty's al-Dura trial in September of 2006 was clearly a miscarriage of justice. Philippe Karsenty's appeal is scheduled for trial on September 12, 2007. It is very disconcerting that a journalist acting in good faith by attempting to establish the truth relative to an issue of tremendous importance would end up having to defend himself twice.

We clearly are not suggesting that anyone interfere with the course of justice. We are writing to bring this important matter to your attention and are sincerely hoping that France 2 will finally admit to the fraud, release the withheld footage, and that Philippe Karsenty will be absolved of defamation, and therefore France 2 will be recognized as being responsible for the fraud which it has perpetrated upon the entire world.

Respectfully,

 

 

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(3)     Easy-to-sign Petition

        to the Président de France Télévision,