Norwegian Envoy’s Fauxtography

The Jerusalem Post obtained an email sent by Norwegian envoy Trine Lilleng equating Operation Cast Lead with the Nazi Holocaust.…

By January 21, 2009

The Jerusalem Post obtained an email sent by Norwegian envoy Trine Lilleng equating Operation Cast Lead with the Nazi Holocaust. Attached to her email were 40 photos, including this:

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The image rang a bell with one veteran subscriber who recalled the story behind the photo of the young boy wetting his pants as Israeli forces arrested him. The Reuters photo was widely published; less publicized by the MSM — or Lilleng – was another Reuters photo taken beforehand; the child's pants were dry.

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© Divuach Ne’eman R”A, 2025

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