Monday, April 6, 2009
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Stephanie L. Freid: Muhammad al-Dura: Theater of the Absurd? Was the "killing" of a Palestinian boy in Gaza by the Israeli army in 2000 staged? - 'When ARD documentary filmmaker Esther Schapira viewed the now iconic images of Muhammad al-Dura and his father Jamal back in 2000 she felt there was more of a story to tell. So she set out to produce a film called How Soldiers Live with the Knowledge of Killing a Young Child. But during her research it emerged that this wasn’t simply the story of a Palestinian boy killed by Israeli soldiers. "It wasn't clear who killed him," Schapira said. "But ultimately it appeared highly unlikely that he was killed by Israel."...'
