Monday, January 22, 2007
...a rock killed the girl, in what was almost a repeat of the Al Dura affair. Richard Landes discusses the sad case of ten year old Abir Aramin: Al Durah II? The MSM Reports Again “According to Palestinian Sources
CAMERA has a post on the latest case of an accusation against Israel for killing a Palestinian child, Abir Aramin. Witnesses claim she was killed by rubber bullets. The autopsy formally contradicts such a claim. But not before the MSM got to work. Below the posting at CAMERA with comments...
This stuff will be important to keep on hand when the inevitable accusations start up. A quick trip and eventual autopsy in an Israeli hospital seem to have put a damper on the initial accusations and potential use of this death as a fulcrum of hatred. The background of the father is an interesting story.
Well, it is not surprising at all. The Palestinians have a long history of of using the press for their propaganda against Israel.
What always seems very astonishing to me is how easily the international press again and again falls into the trap.
Shimshon,
The international press doesn't fall into any trap. It's together with the "Palestinians" in setting up the trap, which is for us to fall into, by apologizing.
What is surprising, as I understand it, is that the deceased girl'd family cooperated with the autopsy, which unlike the Al-Durrah case, was carried out in an Israeli hospital instead of a PA hospital.
As for using this as rebuttal for the usual crew of anti-Israel bigots, how effectively has factual information lies about Al-Durrah or Rachel Corrie been in setting the record straight?