"When Pictures Lie"

"One of the most important things to do is fight for the truth. This is not for the Jews or for Israel, it's for democracy. Democracy is not just about voting. If the media is bringing you lies and we don't react, that is insane." --Philippe Karsenty

As Philippe Karsenty says, democracy depends upon our active defense of the truth. If we don't exercise our freedom of speech and speak out against lies in the media, truth will be the first victim. Let Mr. Karsenty's courageous account serve as inspiration to all of us to do whatever we must to preserve our way of life and ensure that truth prevails. -

On November 13, 2010, Philippe Karsenty spoke to a large community audience in Los Angeles, California, for Children of Jewish Holocaust Survivors.

September 30, 2000, saw the creation and spread of the 21st century's first blood libel, a literally deadly hoax to which thousands of subsequent murders can be directly traced.

Orchestrated and perpetuated by French media determined to paint Israel as a barbaric nation of child killers, the Mohammad al-Dura affair made a celebrated hero out of a slanderous reporter, created "truth" out of pure fiction, and caused one media analyst to undertake an ongoing quest to set the record straight against the entirety of the French political, media, and legal establishment.

The now infamous al-Dura hoax, revolving around a France 2 videotape that purported to show Israeli troops killing a frightened Gaza boy trapped in the middle of firefight, circled the world in moments. The international outrage and condemnation of Israel fueled a genocidal anti-Jewish propaganda machine, which manufactured the pretexts for murdering thousands of Israelis and even beheading Daniel Pearl.

The incident, we now know, was staged for the cameras.

French media analyst Philippe Karsenty was among the first to see through the deception, and his campaign began trying to call the stagers to task. Even when he was charged with defamation by French elites determined to protect its own, he refused to give up. Eight years later he is still working to expose the cover up surrounding the al-Dura hoax, a cover up that threatens to bring the French media establishment crashing down. He continues to fight against a tidal wave of international opinion determined to believe the very worst about Israeli Jews, and for the very worst reasons -- even if it means embracing a now-debunked blood libel.

September 30, 2000, saw the creation and spread of the 21st century’s first blood libel, a literally deadly hoax to which thousands of subsequent murders can be directly traced.

Orchestrated and perpetuated by French media determined to paint Israel as a barbaric nation of child killers, the Mohammad al-Dura affair made a celebrated hero out of a slanderous reporter, created “truth” out of pure fiction, and caused one media analyst to undertake an ongoing quest to set the record straight against the entirety of the French political, media, and legal establishment.

The now infamous al-Dura hoax, revolving around a France 2 videotape that purported to show Israeli troops killing a frightened Gaza boy trapped in the middle of firefight, circled the world in moments. The international outrage and condemnation of Israel fueled a genocidal anti-Jewish propaganda machine, which manufactured the pretexts for murdering thousands of Israelis and even beheading Daniel Pearl.

The incident, we now know, was staged for the cameras.

French media analyst Philippe Karsenty was among the first to see through the deception, and his campaign began trying to call the stagers to task. Even when he was charged with defamation by French elites determined to protect its own, he refused to give up. Eight years later he is still working to expose the cover up surrounding the al-Dura hoax, a cover up that threatens to bring the French media establishment crashing down. He continues to fight against a tidal wave of international opinion determined to believe the very worst about Israeli Jews, and for the very worst reasons – even if it means embracing a now-debunked blood libel.

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