The Al Durah Case - - UPDATED

I've been meaning to write about this subject, but it's big and complex and I just haven't had the time to get thoughts together and do it justice.  It is the story of a great lie; the death of a young Arab boy and his father, falsely blamed on Israeli brutality. It was spread far and wide in the media and used as propaganda against Israel.  At last, now vindication has occurred - but will it be reported as widely and vigorously as the original untruth?   Oceanguy has written an excellent summary of the story with supporting links. Don't miss it.

Update - commentary from David Frum:

The Al-Dura Affair - David Frum
A 55-second film clip that purports to show the shooting death of a 12-year-old boy at a Gaza crossroads was broadcast on France's TV 2 on Sept. 30, 2000. Yet evidence has been gathering for years that the shooting of Mohammad al-Dura was entirely staged. The 55-seconds are not a continuous sequence, but are made up of six distinct pieces spliced together. There is no shot of the boy actually being hit, nor is there any sign of blood. Nor does the father make any move toward his son. The crowd in the background cries out that the boy is dead before he falls over. Video of the incident taken by other photographers shows passersby walking unconcernedly between the crouching al-Duras and the Israeli post from which the bullets were supposedly fired. (National Post)

Also:

France 2 Cooks the Raw Footage - Nidra Poller (Pajamas Media-Canada)