Richard Landes
Al-Dura Verdict: What Prognosis for Civil Society in France?
A decision was expected today. Will the court exonerate Philippe Karsenty?
Exposing Hamas’ Cannibalistic Cognitive War Strategy
1. Kill your own children. 2. Pose and photograph the corpses. 3. Blame Israel. 4. Distribute to naive Western journalists. 5. Repeat.
New Film Exposes Northeastern’s Radical Holocaust Program
The "see no evil" response from Northeastern's provost is part of the problem.
What the World Isn’t Being Told about the Israeli-Lebanese Border Incident
Don't look to the MSM to give you the truth about this week's ambush of IDF reservists.
Israeli Officers Ambushed on Northern Border
An Israeli soldier was killed, and another wounded, by Lebanese army forces in an apparently pre-planned provocation.
Is Obama’s Pressure for Direct Israeli-Palestinian Talks Pushing Region Towards War? (Updated)
While Obama pushes progressivism on the Middle East, the Arab League and Mahmoud Abbas position themselves to blame Israel when the talks inevitably fail.
The Hidden Costs of Jew-Baiting in England
Jew-baiting has become something of a sport in England, as Brits feed the monster — radical Islam — that devours them.
Hezbollah Takes Southern Lebanon Hostage
Hezbollah forces have taken over more than a hundred villages to store their heavy artillery, and their command posts are near schools and hospitals.
The Consequences of Media Failure: Demopaths Setting the Global Agenda
An examination of just how badly CNN failed to accurately cover the flotilla incident — repeating nonsense when better information was available — and the ramifications.
Revisiting ‘Al Durah’ in Time of Iranian Media Control
There's a world of difference between the video coming out of Iran and the infamous footage out of Gaza.
Revealing Silence at the Gaza-Egypt Border
Why does Hamas victimize its own people? And why doesn't the media call them on it?
Karsenty Strikes Blow for Freedom in Al-Dura Case [VIDEO]
Richard Landes of the Second Draft reviews the evidence that the "Al-Dura Affair" was, as ruled by a French appeals court today, a hoax — and exposes other works of "Pallywood."
Pallywood Strikes Again!
The Al-Dura Affair isn't the only time France 2 has presented staged footage by the Palestinians as real. Richard Landes points out another case in this video report.
Al-Dura and the “Public Secret” of Middle East Journalism
The evidence emerging from the ongoing Al Dura trial in France indicates that Western journalists are fully aware that some of the footage they use in their reports on the Mideast conflict is staged, charges Richard Landes. When confronted with the pervasive evidence of staging in the case of Al Dura, the reaction of France 2, which ran the story, has been essentially that "everybody does it."
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