Israeli Government Press Office director Daniel Seaman has issued a statement declaring the al Durah incident to have been staged, the first such official Israeli government pronouncement.
In the al Durah incident and its aftermath, so far only Charles Enderlin and France2 have been litigious; they’ve sued private individuals who have criticized them (for my coverage of these events, please see the posts listed on the right sidebar under the category “Paris and France2 trial”).
But now Pajamas Media correspondent Nidra Poller reports that Shurat HaDin, the activist Israeli law center, is planning a lawsuit of its own: against Charles Enderlin, for damages resulting from the al Durah blood libel. And until the videotapes are released, they want the Press Office to cancel France2’s credentials to work in Israel.
This promises to be very interesting.
If Enderlin had refrained from trying to defend his august reputation by suing Karsenty and the others, would any of this have happened? Perhaps he wishes he’d let sleeping dogs lie, so that lying reporters could sleep. But perhaps in the same way that David Irving’s swollen ego drove him to sue Deborah Lipstadt for libel and the ensuing trial ended up vindicating her and exposing Irving’s own mendacity, so Enderlin may ultimately regret his own attempt to clear his name through a defamation suit.
And if he were smart, Dan Rather ought to be reconsidering his own lawsuit right about now.
Previously a lifelong Democrat, born in New York and living in New England, surrounded by liberals on all sides, I've found myself slowly but surely
October 4th, 2007 at 8:30 am
It will be good to see the victims of lawfare press a counterattack. A few successful countersuits may do a great deal of good in the court of public opinion. Even if a guilty verdict is not forthcoming, the ugliness may be seen for what it is.
Of course, that depends in part on the MSM. Hmmm ….
October 4th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
Hi, Neo. When I read the following in Ha’aretz I thought you might be commenting on this. For the sake of balance, so should you.
October 4th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
For some reason, the URL did not convert, so, here again:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/908851.html
October 5th, 2007 at 10:59 am
[…] Neo-Neocon draws out some interesting parallels with Dan Rather’s suit against CBS. The people who celebrated 9/11, largely on our dime, may soon get exposed. I suspect that the late Alex, when shown the “authentic” Bush TANG memo, and the copy made by typing the same words into MS Word, would have said “same”. It says something about Mapes and Rather that they say “different”. That something is “mind-numbingly stupid”. Bird-brained would be grossly unfair to birds. Posted by: Pat on Oct 05, 07 | 12:22 am | [0] comments [0] Views | Permalink | [0] TrackBack | Go to Main Page Random Posts Cultural Relativism Those missing weapons of mass destruction Malibu Babs: Snapshots of an eco-hypocrite var site=”sm6blogger” Judicious Asininity >>www.asininity.com 2004PHP […]
October 10th, 2007 at 10:32 am
Does your free workout guide include tips for staging atroticies?
December 27th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
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March 19th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
More recent news about the French trial:
http://backspin.typepad.com/backspin/2008/02/closing-argumen.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3Z4_11wLjw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzsCBFhCsyY&feature=related
http://www.take-a-pen.org/
http://honestreporting.com/a/alDuraResources.asp