A blog called Bring Back Freedom brings to our attention a big lie by France 2, the French public television network. Quoting from Ha-aretz:
French public television network France 2 on Tuesday revealed they had aired photographs that allegedly showed destruction caused by the Israel Air Force during Operation Cast Lead, which were in fact taken during a different incident in 2005, one in which Gaza civilians were killed by an explosion caused by militants in the Strip.
The footage aired on Channel 2 on Tuesday afternoon showed dozens of dead bodies, including Hamas gunmen and citizens, which the channel said were killed by an IAF bombing raid on January 1st. It later came to light that the channel had instead aired footage of the devastation caused after a truck full of explosives blew up in the Jabaliya Refugee Camp.
A news editor at France 2 told Le Figaro Tuesday that they had “made a mistake by airing those pictures, which he said depict events from 2005.
2005 versus 2009, what the heck. An attack by Israel versus a mishap by a terrorist group that kills its own, what the heck. If you’re convinced Israel is evil, all carnage can be blamed on Israel anyway, so what’s the big deal?
(Bring Back Freedom gives a hat tip to Jihad Watch, so I guess this item came from Ha-aretz to Robert Spencer to Bring Back Freedom to Refugee Resettlement Watch. Ain’t the Internet wonderful?)