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French court orders release of video of Palestinian boy's death
By The Associated Press
tags: Inthifada, France, Gaza 

A French judge has ordered a television network to release unedited 7-year old footage of the shooting death of 12-year-old Mohammed al-Dura in the Gaza Strip for renewed investigations into the incident.

The order came after the Israel Defense Forces said earlier this week it had asked the France-2 network to turn over raw video of the Sept. 30, 2000 incident. Palestinians blamed Israeli troops for the death, which has become a symbol for Palestinians of excessive Israeli force.

A French appeals court launched new hearings Wednesday in a legal dispute between France-2 and a media observer who accuses the network of staging the event.
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The court ordered France-2 to turn over original footage of the incident to be aired in the courtroom, judicial officials said Friday. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

The court will view the video Nov. 14, the officials said. No decision is expected in the appeal before February.

The disturbing images of Mohammed al-Dura's death were shown around the world. In the France-2 report, the boy and his father cower in front of a wall amid a furious exchange of fire between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in Gaza.

The report shows the father gesturing to try to stop the shooting - then cuts to a shot of the motionless boy slumped in his father's lap. The report said the gunfire had come from nearby Israeli positions, though the circumstances remain in dispute.

The IDF initially said the gunfire apparently came from Israeli positions. But a military investigation subsequently determined he could have been hit by Palestinian bullets in an exchange of fire.

Philippe Karsenty, a self-described media watchdog, accused France-2 and its Israel correspondent, Charles Enderlin, of staging the shooting. Enderlin and the TV network filed a libel suit against Karsenty, and a Paris judge ruled in their favor last year.

Karsenty appealed, and the Paris appeals court took up the case this week.

France-2 and Karsenty could not immediately be reached for comment about the court order.

The IDF declined earlier this week to say why it was seeking the material from the French network.
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  1.   Finally - The truth will be revealed 04:53  |  * BEN JABO 22/09/07
  2.   footage 05:36  |  Shmuelshachor 22/09/07
  3.   Why wait until November? 06:21  |  Gina 22/09/07
  4.   An independent German investigation into the matter 07:04  |  Albert 22/09/07
  5.   al- Dura staged "killing" 07:24  |  Dr. Jack 22/09/07
  6.   it`s about time 07:38  |  Rose 22/09/07
  7.   LEBANON`s 1000 MURDERS STAGED? 07:51  |  Jim 22/09/07
  8.   Jim, how low? 08:25  |  Ma ito 22/09/07
  9.   French court orders release of video of Palestinian boy`s death 08:53  |  yazan badran 22/09/07
  10.   And the other thoudands Pals.children 09:34  |  Dav 22/09/07
  11.   A tour behind the scenes of Pallywood studios 09:35  |  Jake 22/09/07
  12.   French Court VIDEO RELEASE 09:36  |  Jack 22/09/07
  13.   # 4 Albert 09:42  |  Dav 22/09/07
  14.   yazan badran is afraid to be exposed 09:44  |  James 22/09/07
  15.   aliya 10:36  |  dina 22/09/07
  16.   re: Jim 11:14  |  Efox 22/09/07
  17.   re: yazan badran 11:17  |  Efox 22/09/07
  18.   Bad Photoshop Artists, Bad Video Editing Engineers ... 11:26  |  Lavi 22/09/07
  19.   I can`t wait 11:37  |  Natallie Durson 22/09/07
  20.   The boy is dead, That is the issue, Who killed him is politics. 12:16  |  one guy 22/09/07
  21.   Whatever Israelis say about the film I won`t believe it 12:38  |  Chris Linthwaite 22/09/07
  22.   Dave about German TV investigation 12:52  |  Albert 22/09/07
  23.   Hey Jim, ALL Lebanese deaths fault of Hezbollah 12:55  |  B`galil 22/09/07
  24.   #21 - Well Chris... 14:03  |  JES 22/09/07
  25.   JIM.Getting worried about the whole story being revealed?Good! 14:29  |  PETER S .M. 22/09/07
  26.   THe german documentary revealed there were no bullets produced 14:50  |  PETER S.M. 22/09/07
  27.   PALLYWOOD also showed a "funeral" where the"corpse"got up and ran 14:53  |  PETER S .M. 22/09/07
  28.   humanity 14:58  |  isiaiah 22/09/07
  29.   nathalie 15:03  |  charles 22/09/07
  30.   DAV the other PAL chidren?why are they sent out to confront 15:04  |  PETER SM 22/09/07
  31.   Jim , Chris and others 15:10  |  charles 22/09/07
  32.   to chris 15:16  |  fish 22/09/07
  33.   The Video will show the IDF true cruel face 15:33  |  ME Observer 22/09/07
  34.   One Guy is Wrong 15:35  |  Richard 22/09/07
  35.   C.Linthwaite.We wont tell you pray for the Bishop of York 15:37  |  PETER S .M. 22/09/07
  36.   Knowing a thing or two about my people, this case 15:44  |  Fawaz 22/09/07
  37.   israeli brutality 16:18  |  cliton gates 22/09/07
  38.   honest pals...? 16:20  |  clinton gates 22/09/07
  39.   to no 33 16:36  |  fish 22/09/07
  40.   #7 Jim - you`ve got it backwards again 16:39  |  * BEN JABO 22/09/07
  41.   #10 Dav - man lives on hope 16:42  |  * BEN JABO 22/09/07
  42.   Linthwaite - As usual, you read and don`t comprehend 16:46  |  * BEN JABO 22/09/07
  43.   intersting video 16:51  |  clinton gates 22/09/07
  44.   yazan badran 17:02  |  Free the World 22/09/07
  45.   anything the ARABS say 17:10  |  Jack 22/09/07
  46.   Excellent Point fish 17:11  |  Pals are Arabs 22/09/07
  47.   MEDIA; Satan`s Right Arm 17:15  |  Fred 22/09/07
  48.   cliton gates ThaNK YOU 17:24  |  Jaa Ja Ming 22/09/07
  49.   cliton gates ThaNK YOU 17:24  |  Jaa Ja Ming 22/09/07
  50.   who cares? 5,000 Pal deaths were also "staged" by the IDF 17:28  |  Kevin 22/09/07
  51.   Media must be stopped 17:33  |  Gordon 22/09/07
  52.   u.Tube it 17:39  |  U.Tube 22/09/07
  53.   the world needs Antisemitism 18:03  |  H 22/09/07
  54.   #42 Ben Jabo 18:03  |  Chis Linthwaite 22/09/07
  55.   Haaretz 18:14  |  Jim 22/09/07
  56.   #50 Kevin - interesting stats 18:26  |  * BEN JABO 22/09/07
  57.   Linthwaite - you saw what? 18:28  |  * BEN JABO 22/09/07
  58.   who cares? 18:58  |  fish 22/09/07
  59.   I believe the cameraman 19:13  |  Ben Alofs 22/09/07
  60.   Ben Alofs of course you do 19:28  |  Danite 22/09/07
  61.   Ben Alofs 19:31  |  joe 22/09/07
  62.   France 2 will destroy or alter the tape 20:05  |  Chick 22/09/07
  63.   Shame on you all 20:27  |  Persian Kitty 22/09/07
  64.   staging of the killing 21:12  |  zvi 22/09/07
  65.   As Fawaz wrote, the French has done what they have done 21:24  |  Robert 22/09/07
  66.   #63, No, shame on u that are afraid of truth 21:27  |  Massoud Levy 22/09/07
  67.   Why was this film not released before? 21:34  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 22/09/07
  68.   #50 Kevin, shame on u for still beleiving in Pals fairy tails 21:36  |  Massoud Levy 22/09/07
  69.   Chris Linthwaite 21:36  |  Connie 22/09/07
  70.   yazan badran # 9 22:12  |  ChanahS 22/09/07
  71.   Chris Linthwaite # 21 22:24  |  ChanahS 22/09/07
  72.   Kevin # 50 You have just proved 22:31  |  ChanahS 22/09/07
  73.   Persian Kitty 22:32  |  Danite 22/09/07
  74.   Here comes the whitewash. 22:37  |  Maki 22/09/07
  75.   Chris Lightweight is hysterical #54 23:01  |  FOX 22/09/07
  76.   #7 Jim - So what`s wrong with that? 23:01  |  Yonatan 22/09/07
  77.   The boy may actually be alive 23:02  |  lulu 22/09/07
  78.   Chris Linthwaite, "Whatever Israelis say about the film I won`t." 23:03  |  Johnny 22/09/07
  79.   Ben Alofs 23:03  |  * BEN JABO 22/09/07
  80.   #19 Natalie Durson - You don`t understand 23:04  |  Yonatan 22/09/07
  81.   Persian Kitty - unlike yourself 23:06  |  * BEN JABO