The Palestinian news agency, Ramatan, is considering a lawsuit against the German daily, Suddeutsche Zeitung, which questioned the veracity of video footage taken after the Gaza beach tragedy. Haaretz writes:
Mohammed Salman, Abu Arabid’s boss, is considering a suit against the German paper.
“If a foreign photographer had taken the pictures, no one would have had doubts. Because we are Palestinian journalists they immediately claimed we staged it,” Salman said, adding, “How can one stage such horror?”
We’re not aware of any response from Suddeutsche Zeitung. Salman may have a point; but after Palestinians cried wolf with tapes of Mohammed Dura (filmed by Talal Abu Rahma, a Palestinian stringer working for France 2 TV), it’s perfectly reasonable to question the credibility of other footage as well. After all, the Palestinians are be entitled to question Israeli footage too.
