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'''Nahum Shahaf''' ({{lang-he|נחום שחף}} |
'''Nahum Shahaf''' ({{lang-he|נחום שחף}}; born June 2, 1946<ref>Israeli Census - Verified March 23, 2010) is an Israeli [[physicist]] and current president Natop, an electro-optics and image enhancement company he founded.<ref name="res">{{languageicon|he|Hebrew}} [http://writers.global-report.com/a.php?c=i2i&a=295&rc=i2i נחום שחף - קורות חיים]</ref> He was one of the leading developers of Israel's [[unmanned aerial vehicle]]s,<ref name="Lord">[http://www.jcpa.org/jl/vp482.htm Who Killed Muhammad Al-Dura? Blood Libel-- Model 2000 Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs Amnon Lord 15 July 2002]</ref> and received an [[Science and Technology Minister of Israel|Israeli Ministry of Science]] award for creativity in 1997 for his work on [[Video compression|compressed digital video]] transmission.<ref>[http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200306/fallows Fallows 2003]: "Before getting involved in the al-Dura case, Shahaf was known mainly as an inventor. He was only the tenth person to receive a medal from the Israeli Ministry of Science, for his work on computerized means of compressing digital video transmission."</ref> He is possibly best known for his role in an October 2000 [[Israel Defense Forces]] (IDF) investigation into the controversial shooting incident of a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, [[Muhammad al-Durrah]] for which he was awarded the 2007 Abramowitz Israeli Prize for Media Criticism.<ref>{{languageicon|he|Hebrew}} [http://filesdot.imw.org.il/scans/prize_2007.pdf Press release - 2007 Abramowitz Israeli Prize for Media Criticism]</ref> |
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==Background== |
==Background== |
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Shahaf served as an [[Israel Defense Forces]] (IDF) [[paratrooper]] from 1964 to 1966.<ref name="cv">{{languageicon|he|Hebrew}} [http://www.a-dura.com/a38843-cv נחום שחף - קורות חיים]</ref> He attended [[Bar-Ilan University]] from 1970 to 1977, where he earned [[Bachelor of Science|Bachelor]] and [[Master of Science]] degrees in [[Physics]].<ref name="cv" /> After graduating, he spent two years working on [[computerized tomography]] at [[Elron Electronic Industries|Elscint]]. From 1981 to 1988, he worked at [[Tadiran]] on [[unmanned aerial vehicles]] for the IDF.<ref name="cv" /> He then worked on attack helicopter missile systems at [[Israel Aerospace Industries]] from 1989 to 1991.<ref name="cv" /> Beginning in 1992, he worked for a company named Natop.<ref name="cv" /> Shahaf received an [[Science and Technology Minister of Israel|Israeli Ministry of Science]] award for creativity in 1997 for his work on compressed digital video transmission.<ref name=Fallows /> |
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Shahaf served as an [[Israel Defense Forces]] (IDF) [[paratrooper]] from 1964 to 1966. He attended [[Bar-Ilan University]] from 1970 to 1977, where he completed his [[Bachelor of Science|Bachelor]] and [[Master of Science]] degrees in [[Physics]] with [[Honors student|honors]]. After graduating, he spent two years as a member of the [[computerized tomography]] development team at [[Elscint]] and was in charge of incorporating the CT technology into [[Treatment planning|Radiation Treatment Planning]].<ref name="cv">{{languageicon|he|Hebrew}} [http://www.a-dura.com/a38843-cv נחום שחף - קורות חיים]</ref> From 1981 to 1988, he worked at [[Tadiran]] on [[unmanned aerial vehicles]] and video instrumentation for the IDF and was among the field's leading developers.<ref name="cv" /><ref name=Fallows>[http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200306/fallows Fallows 2003]</ref><ref name="Lord">[http://www.jcpa.org/jl/vp482.htm Who Killed Muhammad Al-Dura? Blood Libel-- Model 2000 Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs Amnon Lord 15 July 2002]</ref> He then worked on attack helicopter missile systems at [[Israel Aerospace Industries]] from 1989 to 1991.<ref name="cv" /> Shahaf has also served as a physicist for the optical intelligence unit of the IDF.<ref name="Lord">[http://www.jcpa.org/jl/vp482.htm Who Killed Muhammad Al-Dura? Blood Libel-- Model 2000 Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs Amnon Lord 15 July 2002]</ref> In 1991, he founded Natop, an electro-optics and image enhancement company.<ref name="res">{{languageicon|he|Hebrew}} [http://writers.global-report.com/a.php?c=i2i&a=295&rc=i2i נחום שחף - קורות חיים]</ref> |
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Shahaf received, along with fellow scientist [[Meir Danino]], an 1997 [[Science and Technology Minister of Israel|Israeli Ministry of Science]] Fellowship and an award for creativity in for their work on compressed digital video transmission.<ref name=Fallows>[http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200306/fallows Fallows 2003].</ref> |
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According to Israeli reporter [[Amnon Lord]], "Nahum Shahaf has worked in Israel's defense establishment as a physicist for the optical intelligence unit of the IDF. He has contributed much in various ways to the defense system, and was among the leading developers of pilotless light aircraft and video instrumentation. Shahaf investigated the damage done by the Iraqi missiles in 1991, and concluded that part of the damage was caused by [[Patriot missile]]s.<ref name="Lord">[http://www.jcpa.org/jl/vp482.htm Who Killed Muhammad Al-Dura? Blood Libel-- Model 2000 Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs Amnon Lord 15 July 2002]</ref> |
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In 2000, Shahaf approached IDF [[Southern Command (Israel)|Southern Commander]] Major General [[Yom Tov Samia]] and proposed an investigation of the al-Durrah shooting. Samia agreed, and on October 23, 2000, Shahaf helped to arrange a re-enactment of the shooting on an IDF shooting range, in front of a CBS ''[[60 Minutes]]'' camera crew. In late November 2000, at the conclusion of the inquiry, General Samia presented his findings at a press conference.<ref name="CNN">[http://archives.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/meast/11/27/israel.boys.death.ap/ Israel claims Palestinian gunmen may have shot boy in high-profile killing]{{dead link|Date=March 2010}} AP - November 27, 2000</ref> The IDF accepted the investigations' determination that Israeli soldiers were not responsible but refused to accept the suggestion that the images may have been staged. |
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Initial response to the investigation was critical. Israeli newspaper Haaretz and the Jerusalem Post argued that Shahaf had no ballistics experience, and Haaretz described his investigation as "dubious."<ref name=Cygielman>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080719131233/http://www.ajds.org.au/intifada/netzarim.htm Cygielman 2000].</ref><ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/battle-rages-over-fateful-footage/2007/10/05/1191091366434.html Battle rages over fateful footage] "media conspiracy theory ... troops could not have shot the child" The Age (Australia), 26th Oct 2007. Verified 23rd Oct 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1211872839035 Al-Dura and the conspiracy freaks] "the fountainhead of al-Dura conspiracy mania" Jerusalem Post, 28th May 2008. Verified 23rd Oct 2008.</ref><ref>Derfner, Larry [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-153523134.html Get real about Muhammad al-Dura]. Shahaf "pioneered ... conspiracy theory after cutting his teeth on the Rabin assassination" Jerusalem Post, 18th June 2008. Verified 23rd Oct 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/909972.html Mohammed al-Dura lives on] "eccentric obsession .. also obtained "amazing material" on the murder of Yitzhak Rabin" Haaretz, 7th Oct 2007. Verified 23rd Oct 2008.</ref> |
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==Yitzhak Rabin assassination conspiracy theories== |
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| ⚫ | In response to criticism on his credentials and experience, Shahaf responded that he is "a scientist, a physicist specialized in ballistics and the technology of filming images."<ref name="Guysen">[http://www.guysen.com/mena.php?sid=352 The Mohamad A-Dura affair: a gross imposture? [[MENA]] interviews Nahum Shahaf]<br>([http://spme.net/cgi-bin/facultyforum.cgi?ID=601 Copy])</ref> Shahaf is currently suing Haaretz for libel.<ref>{{languageicon|he|Hebrew}} [http://www.nrg.co.il/online/4/ART1/667/290.html תביעה בסך 400 מיליון נגד "הארץ"]</ref> |
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During the late 1990s, Shahaf participated in a campaign to prove the innocence of [[Yigal Amir]], the assassin of [[Prime Minister of Israel|Israeli Prime Minister]] [[Yitzhak Rabin]] in 1995. Although Amir had been arrested on the spot and had confessed to the killing, Shahaf asserted that he had photographic evidence that the wrong man was being held for the assassination. He blamed the assassination on a conspiracy headed by [[Shimon Peres]], who took over from Rabin as Prime Minister and later became the [[President of Israel]].<ref>{{cite news|last=O'Loughlin|first=Ed|title=Truth is sometimes caught in crossfire|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/truth-is-sometimes-caught-in-crossfire/2007/10/05/1191091362085.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=October 6, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite|work=Authorizing Appropriation for Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003 for the Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors, and for Other Purposes: Hearings and Markup Before the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session, February 14, February 28, March 1, and March 7, 2001 and Markup of H.R. 1646 on May 2, 2001.|author=United States Congress House of Representatives Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights|volume=8-16|page=192|date=2001|publisher=US G.P.O.}}</ref> |
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Shahaf's investigation into the incident was later supported by an external French ballistics expert and 2 investigative documentaries by German network ARD. The original "raw" footage was presented in French courts in late 2007 in the midst of a libel suit filed by France 2 against a French media critique, Phillip Karsenty, resulting in the court asserting that the original report has not been properly established. |
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Shortly after the al-Durrah shooting in September 2000, for which the [[Israel Defence Force]] had initially admitted responsibility, Shahaf approached IDF [[Southern Command (Israel)|Southern Command]] head Major General [[Yom Tov Samia]]. Shahaf was already well known to Samia, having previously done work for the IDF.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Cordesman|first1=Anthony|last2=Moravitz|first2=Jennifer|title=The Israeli-Palestinian war: escalating to nowhere|page=372|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=2005|isbn=9780275987589}}</ref> Shahaf proposed that he and Joseph Doriel, an engineer with whom Shahaf had previously collaborated during work on [[Yitzhak Rabin assassination conspiracy theories|conspiracy theories concerning the killing of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin]], should undertake an investigation into the shooting on behalf of Samia.<ref name=Cygielman /> Samia agreed, and on October 23, 2000, Shahaf helped to arrange a re-enactment of the shooting on an IDF shooting range, in front of a CBS ''[[60 Minutes]]'' camera crew. In late November 2000, at the conclusion of the inquiry, Samia presented his findings at a press conference, explaining that the findings were "based on measurements, bullet angles and evidence that the Palestinian boy was hit by a volley of gunfire while Israeli soldiers were firing only single shots."<ref name="CNN">[http://archives.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/meast/11/27/israel.boys.death.ap/ Israel claims Palestinian gunmen may have shot boy in high-profile killing]{{dead link|Date=March 2010}} AP - November 27, 2000</ref> |
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As a result, follow up reports on the al-Durrah incident break-down into those who agree with Shahaf's main analysis, that the original news report, which asserted the death of the boy was inflicted by Israeli bullets, was faulty; and those asserting that the investigation into the matter is a "conspiracy mania". |
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The investigation met with a mixed response. Doriel had been dismissed by Samia during the course of the investigation and when the results were announced, it was strongly criticised by some in the Israeli media. The Israeli newspapers ''Haaretz'' and the ''Jerusalem Post'' argued that Shahaf had no ballistics experience and ''Haaretz'' described his investigation as "dubious."<ref name=Cygielman>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080719131233/http://www.ajds.org.au/intifada/netzarim.htm Cygielman 2000].</ref> His previous involvement in raising doubts about the identity of Rabin's killer became the subject of controversy.<ref>Schwartz, Adi (2007). "[http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/919557.html In the footsteps of the al-Dura controversy]", ''Haaretz'', November 8, 2007, accessed January 24, 2010.</ref> Shahaf, however, pursued the case and devoted years to the matter,<ref name="Levy">Levy, Gideon. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/909972.html Mohammed al-Dura lives on]. October 7, 2007, accessed October 23, 2008.</ref> having "spent months painstakingly collecting, wheedling, even buying footage from reluctant cameramen, and then spliced the pieces together in rough temporal order in an attempt to make an unbroken film of the day."<ref>''The other war: Israelis, Palestinians, and the struggle for media supremacy'', Stephanie Gutmann, Encounter Books, 2005, p. 75.</ref> He has promoted a theory that al-Durrah was not killed by the IDF and may still be alive.<ref>{{cite news|last=Temple-Raston|first=Dina|title=Engineer Casts Doubt on Veracity of Claims That Israelis Killed Palestinian Boy in 2000|url=http://www.nysun.com/foreign/engineer-casts-doubt-on-veracity-of-claims-that/10581/|work=The New York Sun|date=March 15, 2005}}</ref> Following ''Haaretz's'' criticism of his work on the al-Durrah case, which editor [[Gideon Levy]] described as an "eccentic obsession" in an October 2007 article,<ref name="Levy" /> Shahaf filed a [[defamation]] lawsuit against the newspaper in December 2007 charging that ''Haaretz's'' coverage had "led investors to flee" from one of his inventions and demanding 400 million [[Israeli new shekel|shekels]] (US $103 million) in damages.<ref>{{cite news|title=400 million lawsuit against Haaretz|url=http://www.nrg.co.il/online/4/ART1/667/290.html|work=NRG|language=Hebrew|date=December 5, 2007}}</ref> |
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Journalist [[James Fallows]] writes that: |
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<blockquote>"It now appears that the boy cannot have died in the way reported by most of the world's media and fervently believed throughout the Islamic world. Whatever happened to him, he was not shot by the Israeli soldiers who were known to be involved in the day's fighting—or so I am convinced, after spending a week in Israel talking with those examining the case."<ref name=Fallows/></blockquote> |
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===Media criticism award=== |
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Shahaf received the ''Abramowitz Israeli Prize for Media Criticism'' from ''[[Israel's Media Watch]]'' association ({{lang-he|האגודה לזכות הציבור לדעת}}) in 2008,<ref>{{languageicon|he|Hebrew}} [http://filesdot.imw.org.il/scans/prize_2007.pdf Press release - 2007 Abramowitz Israeli Prize for Media Criticism]</ref> for what the awarding panel described as "revealing the truth behind news fabrications" in relation to the Al-Durrah incident.<ref>[http://www.megapolis.org/igorp/Israeli_Media_Watch_2008_01_16/Israel's_Media_Watch_2008_01_16.doc Israel Media Watch Awards 2008]</ref><ref>{{languageicon|he|Hebrew}} [http://www.omedia.co.il/Show_Article.asp?DynamicContentID=14535&MenuID=681&ThreadID=1014003 Omedia]{{dead link|date=March 2010}} זוכי פרס ביקורת התקשורת: שחף וקרבצ'יק</ref><ref>{{languageicon|he|Hebrew}} [http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/pages/ShArtPE.jhtml?itemNo=942333&contrassID=2&subContrassID=7&sbSubContrassID=0 Haaretz] פרסים מטעם האגודה לזכות הציבור לדעת ליבגניה קרבצ'יק, נחום שחף וגיא רולניק</ref> |
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*Cygielman, Anat (2000). [http://web.archive.org/web/20080719131233/http://www.ajds.org.au/intifada/netzarim.htm "IDF keeps shooting itself in the foot"], ''Haaretz'', November 7, 2000, accessed March 22, 2010. |
* Cygielman, Anat (2000). [http://web.archive.org/web/20080719131233/http://www.ajds.org.au/intifada/netzarim.htm "IDF keeps shooting itself in the foot"], ''Haaretz'', November 7, 2000, accessed March 22, 2010. |
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*[[James Fallows|Fallows, James]] (2003). [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200306/fallows "Who shot Mohammed al-Durra?"], ''The Atlantic'', June 2003, accessed March 21, 2010. |
*[[James Fallows|Fallows, James]] (2003). [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200306/fallows "Who shot Mohammed al-Durra?"], ''The Atlantic'', June 2003, accessed March 21, 2010. |
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==External websites== |
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*[http://www.a-dura.com/?l=en Shahaf's website] |
*[http://www.a-dura.com/?l=en Shahaf's website in English] |
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*[http://www.i2i.org.il Sharaf's website in Hebrew] |
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*{{languageicon|he|Hebrew}} [http://www.i2i.org.il/?l=he&a=38843 Shahaf's curriculum vitae] |
*{{languageicon|he|Hebrew}} [http://www.i2i.org.il/?l=he&a=38843 Shahaf's curriculum vitae] |
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Revision as of 20:35, 23 March 2010
Nahum Shahaf (Hebrew: נחום שחף; born June 2, 1946Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). He was one of the leading developers of Israel's unmanned aerial vehicles,[1] and received an Israeli Ministry of Science award for creativity in 1997 for his work on compressed digital video transmission.[2] He is possibly best known for his role in an October 2000 Israel Defense Forces (IDF) investigation into the controversial shooting incident of a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, Muhammad al-Durrah for which he was awarded the 2007 Abramowitz Israeli Prize for Media Criticism.[3]
Background
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Shahaf served as an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) paratrooper from 1964 to 1966. He attended Bar-Ilan University from 1970 to 1977, where he completed his Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Physics with honors. After graduating, he spent two years as a member of the computerized tomography development team at Elscint and was in charge of incorporating the CT technology into Radiation Treatment Planning.[4] From 1981 to 1988, he worked at Tadiran on unmanned aerial vehicles and video instrumentation for the IDF and was among the field's leading developers.[4][5][1] He then worked on attack helicopter missile systems at Israel Aerospace Industries from 1989 to 1991.[4] Shahaf has also served as a physicist for the optical intelligence unit of the IDF.[1] In 1991, he founded Natop, an electro-optics and image enhancement company.[6]
Shahaf received, along with fellow scientist Meir Danino, an 1997 Israeli Ministry of Science Fellowship and an award for creativity in for their work on compressed digital video transmission.[5]
Al-Durrah investigation
In 2000, Shahaf approached IDF Southern Commander Major General Yom Tov Samia and proposed an investigation of the al-Durrah shooting. Samia agreed, and on October 23, 2000, Shahaf helped to arrange a re-enactment of the shooting on an IDF shooting range, in front of a CBS 60 Minutes camera crew. In late November 2000, at the conclusion of the inquiry, General Samia presented his findings at a press conference.[7] The IDF accepted the investigations' determination that Israeli soldiers were not responsible but refused to accept the suggestion that the images may have been staged.
Initial response to the investigation was critical. Israeli newspaper Haaretz and the Jerusalem Post argued that Shahaf had no ballistics experience, and Haaretz described his investigation as "dubious."[8][9][10][11][12]
In response to criticism on his credentials and experience, Shahaf responded that he is "a scientist, a physicist specialized in ballistics and the technology of filming images."[13] Shahaf is currently suing Haaretz for libel.[14]
Shahaf's investigation into the incident was later supported by an external French ballistics expert and 2 investigative documentaries by German network ARD. The original "raw" footage was presented in French courts in late 2007 in the midst of a libel suit filed by France 2 against a French media critique, Phillip Karsenty, resulting in the court asserting that the original report has not been properly established.
As a result, follow up reports on the al-Durrah incident break-down into those who agree with Shahaf's main analysis, that the original news report, which asserted the death of the boy was inflicted by Israeli bullets, was faulty; and those asserting that the investigation into the matter is a "conspiracy mania".
Journalist James Fallows writes that:
"It now appears that the boy cannot have died in the way reported by most of the world's media and fervently believed throughout the Islamic world. Whatever happened to him, he was not shot by the Israeli soldiers who were known to be involved in the day's fighting—or so I am convinced, after spending a week in Israel talking with those examining the case."[5]
Media criticism award
Shahaf received the Abramowitz Israeli Prize for Media Criticism from Israel's Media Watch association (Hebrew: האגודה לזכות הציבור לדעת) in 2008,[15] for what the awarding panel described as "revealing the truth behind news fabrications" in relation to the Al-Durrah incident.[16][17][18]
Notes
- ^ a b c Who Killed Muhammad Al-Dura? Blood Libel-- Model 2000 Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs Amnon Lord 15 July 2002 Cite error: The named reference "Lord" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Fallows 2003: "Before getting involved in the al-Dura case, Shahaf was known mainly as an inventor. He was only the tenth person to receive a medal from the Israeli Ministry of Science, for his work on computerized means of compressing digital video transmission."
- ^ Template:Languageicon Press release - 2007 Abramowitz Israeli Prize for Media Criticism
- ^ a b c Template:Languageicon נחום שחף - קורות חיים
- ^ a b c Fallows 2003 Cite error: The named reference "Fallows" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Template:Languageicon נחום שחף - קורות חיים
- ^ Israel claims Palestinian gunmen may have shot boy in high-profile killing[dead link] AP - November 27, 2000
- ^ Cygielman 2000.
- ^ Battle rages over fateful footage "media conspiracy theory ... troops could not have shot the child" The Age (Australia), 26th Oct 2007. Verified 23rd Oct 2008.
- ^ Al-Dura and the conspiracy freaks "the fountainhead of al-Dura conspiracy mania" Jerusalem Post, 28th May 2008. Verified 23rd Oct 2008.
- ^ Derfner, Larry Get real about Muhammad al-Dura. Shahaf "pioneered ... conspiracy theory after cutting his teeth on the Rabin assassination" Jerusalem Post, 18th June 2008. Verified 23rd Oct 2008.
- ^ Mohammed al-Dura lives on "eccentric obsession .. also obtained "amazing material" on the murder of Yitzhak Rabin" Haaretz, 7th Oct 2007. Verified 23rd Oct 2008.
- ^ The Mohamad A-Dura affair: a gross imposture? MENA interviews Nahum Shahaf
(Copy) - ^ Template:Languageicon תביעה בסך 400 מיליון נגד "הארץ"
- ^ Template:Languageicon Press release - 2007 Abramowitz Israeli Prize for Media Criticism
- ^ Israel Media Watch Awards 2008
- ^ Template:Languageicon Omedia[dead link] זוכי פרס ביקורת התקשורת: שחף וקרבצ'יק
- ^ Template:Languageicon Haaretz פרסים מטעם האגודה לזכות הציבור לדעת ליבגניה קרבצ'יק, נחום שחף וגיא רולניק
References
- Cygielman, Anat (2000). "IDF keeps shooting itself in the foot", Haaretz, November 7, 2000, accessed March 22, 2010.
- Fallows, James (2003). "Who shot Mohammed al-Durra?", The Atlantic, June 2003, accessed March 21, 2010.