A major media scandal may be in the process of unfolding on the world stage. Hillel Halkin reports in the New York Sun that a French court has ordered into evidence television footage that has the potential to unleash a media scandal of hsitoric significance. The case concerns the death of Mohammed al-Dura, a Palestinian boy widely reported to have been slain by Israeli gunfire, dying as his father clutched him to his body.France 2 television ran a television report widely excerpted and re-run around the world, which appeared to confirm this narrative. The only problem is that abundant evidence indicates Israelis didn't kill him. Halkin writes:The shots seemingly aimed at the boy and his father could not, because of their angle, have come from an Israeli position; Palestinian civilians were strolling unconcernedly between that position and the two el-Duras at the very moment that they were supposedly being fired at it; while father and son were allegedly taking cover behind a barrel,...(Read Full Post)