Monday, June 12, 2006
Palestinian Media Watch reports that the PA media is doing exactly what they did in the al Dura case - splicing in video of guns firing at another time with later footage of the beach scene in order to create a more compelling and inflamatory story.
PA TV falsifies video of Gaza deaths
The following is the time frame of the PA TV editing and falsification:
00 - :32 Seconds: PATV clip introduces the scene by showing an Israeli missile boat firing on the Gaza coast. Audio of ambulance siren is added to visual to create false impression that boat was shooting at same time as ambulances were present.
0:32 - 1:05: Scene switches directly to the victims, creating a false connection between the events.
1:05 – 1:09: PA TV returns to the naval vessel showing sailor with binoculars looking at shore, again creating the false impression he is observing the evacuation.
1:09 – 2:00: The evacuation scene continues ending with the word "Why" on the screen only in English, indicating a foreign target audience, possibly media.
The video of the Israeli navy was unrelated to the deaths, having been filmed earlier in the day and had already released to the media and to the internet by the Israeli army at 4:00 PM, an hour prior to the deaths.
Comment: It should be noted that not only is the video falsified, but the beach scene clearly backs the Israeli contention that the deaths were not caused by an Israeli shell. Any Israeli shell would have left a giant crater and spread sand over the entire area, as well as on the victims. There is no crater and the beach scene is not disturbed in a way that indicates an Israeli shell could have landed nearby.
Why let facts get in the way of a really good myth? It worked in the case of Mohammed al Durra and Jenin, didn't it?
A former Marine doesn't believe what he saw in the video either:
http://www.americanthinker.com/comments.php?comments_id=5355
He says that the artillery shells that the IDF uses would have left a VERY big crater in the beach.