Tuesday, July 8, 2008
This article at JTA gives a little more background on that press conference held by representatives of the French Jewish Community (see: What is the French Jewish Community Thinking?). Separately, according to Philippe Karsenty, who was fully aware of the proceedings, this was decidedly not a dhimmi excercise. French Jewry to Sarkozy: Investigate al-Dura incident
The organized Jewish community in France is publicly calling on President Nicolas Sarkozy to launch an investigation into the controversial television broadcast of an alleged Israeli shooting of a 12-year-old Palestinian boy.
Last week’s call by CRIF, the umbrella Jewish organization, increased the pressure on the French government to intervene in the 8-year-old debate over the authenticity of the September 2000 video report by France 2 TV and its Jerusalem correspondent, Charles Enderlin.
The call for a probe lent new legitimacy to concerns that the broadcast was staged and sparked a new debate in the French media over the issue...
