Kesher Talk

Unwilling terrorist dupe Dept. Some months ago, a German TV network produced a documentary making a good case that Mohammed al-Dura was not killed by ID bullets, but by Palestinian bullets. Now the latest evidence of the cause of al-Dura's death is laid out in the Atlantic.

Whatever happened to him, he was not shot by the Israeli soldiers who were known to be involved in the day's fighting—or so I am convinced, after spending a week in Israel talking with those examining the case. The exculpatory evidence comes not from government or military officials in Israel, who have an obvious interest in claiming that their soldiers weren't responsible, but from other sources. In fact, the Israel Defense Forces, or IDF, seem to prefer to soft-pedal the findings rather than bring any more attention to this gruesome episode. The research has been done by a variety of academics, ex-soldiers, and Web-loggers who have become obsessed with the case, and the evidence can be cross-checked.

posted by Judith @ 5/18/2003 04:09:09 PM