Nidra Poller reports from the Paris courtroom on the Dreyfus-like affair:
Presiding judge Laurent Trébucq of the 11e Chambre d'Appel announced the verdict in the al Dura case at 1:50 PM today. It only took her two minutes to say in her sweetest voice: Philippe Karsenty is acquitted, the plaintiffs--France 2 and Charles Enderlin--are dismissed. The French word for "dismissed" is "déboutés"...to our ears it sounds like they got a kick where it does the most good. French mainstream media were not there to hear the news. They left it all for a small band of courageous journalists, such as Véronique Chemla, who has been covering the trials with notable distinction (in French) for Guysen Israel News, a film crew from ARD German TV, reporters from Yedioth Aharanot, Haaretz, and Honest Reporting / Take a Pen, Elisabeth Levy (www.causeur.fr), and of course me.
Philippe Karsenty was nearly in tears as he made his first recorded statement (for ARD)....a message of reconciliation that should be spread as widely as the message of hate carried by the al Dura blood libel. He said he had fought not only to defend his own honor, but to defend Israel, the Jews, and the free world. He hopes that his acquittal will be heard as a warning to those who have been spreading evil falsehoods that enflame Muslims and lead them to senseless violence. Read more ...
Presiding judge Laurent Trébucq of the 11e Chambre d'Appel announced the verdict in the al Dura case at 1:50 PM today. It only took her two minutes to say in her sweetest voice: Philippe Karsenty is acquitted, the plaintiffs--France 2 and Charles Enderlin--are dismissed. The French word for "dismissed" is "déboutés"...to our ears it sounds like they got a kick where it does the most good. French mainstream media were not there to hear the news. They left it all for a small band of courageous journalists, such as Véronique Chemla, who has been covering the trials with notable distinction (in French) for Guysen Israel News, a film crew from ARD German TV, reporters from Yedioth Aharanot, Haaretz, and Honest Reporting / Take a Pen, Elisabeth Levy (www.causeur.fr), and of course me.
Philippe Karsenty was nearly in tears as he made his first recorded statement (for ARD)....a message of reconciliation that should be spread as widely as the message of hate carried by the al Dura blood libel. He said he had fought not only to defend his own honor, but to defend Israel, the Jews, and the free world. He hopes that his acquittal will be heard as a warning to those who have been spreading evil falsehoods that enflame Muslims and lead them to senseless violence. Read more ...
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