Al-Dura and the “Public Secret” of Middle East Journalism
Adrian,
No problem. Both Miller and Hurndall were killed by IDF soldiers. Nobody is denying this. The bone of contention is whether journalists operating in a combat zone (not to mention volunteer human shields, in the case of Hurndall) take a known risk, and if when hit in the confusion of military operations may be considered murdered according to civilian law. When British courts rule in such matters consistently for other battle zones as they do for Israel, only then I’ll take notice.
In any case, Israel does not target civilians, and does not initiate military operations aimed against civilians. There is, however, one side in this conflict that certainly targets civilians, on a large scale, including children, and continuously for decades. It is the Arab side that does that. The whole purpose of the al-Durah libel is to justify such murders by reversing this well-known fact. This is why it is so evil.
