Abir Aramin, Victim of the Palestinian Authority?

Abir Aramin, Victim of the Palestinian Authority?

By Brian C. Ledbetter (Bio | Archive)
January 22, 2007 - 11:00 ET

Are these the tears of a crocodile? Last Friday, I was shocked to see a series of photographs on the news wires, sent across by Reuters photographer Kevin Frayer, one of the photographers of Qana fame. The pictures illustrated a picture of a large crowd, grieving the death of a ten-year-old Palestinian girl, Abir Aramin, who was reported to have been injured by a stray rubber bullet fired by none other than the Israeli Defence Forces, and whose subsequent death has "enraged" the local Palestinian population.

There were some immediate problems with Mr. Frayer's depiction of these events, though. First and foremost, as someone who is constantly monitoring the news wires, I can comfortably say that there are no pictures on the wire of any anti-barrier protest at Anata during this time, and certainly no pictures of what would be a very injured girl. Furthermore, there are no photos of her in the hospital, a scenario that would obviously be very sympathetic, something which would attract every photographer in the area!

In other words, there is no photographic evidence that the Palestinian version of this story happened at all!

So what did happen?

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Is it possible that a girl was injured by the IDF at an anti-barrier protest, and it was not covered by a wire photographer? I doubt it. These types of protests are the lifeblood of the modern news media, and much like their anti-war American counterparts, there is always somebody on-hand to cover them.

CAMERA has discovered some new information which may shed light on her injuries:

Police sources said on Sunday that autopsy findings indicated Aramin could have been killed by concussion from a shock grenade or by a thrown rock. However, they said, the findings were inconsistent with her having been killed by a rubber bullet: No bullet wounds were found on her body, and the skull injury that caused her death was a large one, whereas rubber bullets, even if they do not penetrate, usually make small wounds.

In other words, it could have been fratricide? I doubt you'll see that angle covered in any of the stories surrounding this.

Stop by Snapped Shot if you want to see more photos of this blatant propaganda.

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With my apologies to the Editors,

January 22, 2007 - 11:04 ET by Brian C. Ledbetter

(corrected some minor errors - misspelling in headline being the most embarrassing of them all. :) )

Brian, do you mean to say the

January 22, 2007 - 11:31 ET by MikeB

Brian, do you mean to say the Misspelling Fairy comes around and bites you in the *ss, too? I'm glad I'm not the only one. Between that one and the Mis-punctuation Fairy, it's a wonder anything gets written anymore.

Good article. It has been well documented how Pallywood and the LibMedia have distorted what actually happened, and fabricates events that never happened in that part of the world. We appreciate your attention to this matter.

"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan

I agree. Pallywood has become

January 22, 2007 - 11:46 ET by TheBlueMax

I agree. Pallywood has become a cottage industry where nothing can be trusted when it comes to Palestinian claims.

Pallywood

January 22, 2007 - 12:15 ET by Gary Hall

Hey guys, on the Pallywood piece. I've passed that on to a number (ok dozens) of leftist activists types - the ones that send out an e-mail each and every day (usually an op-ed, or a column written by some unknown mother of 7) which describes the oppressive occupation and the suffering of humanity in the Palistinian lands.

One might guess that upon receipt of Pallywood (or any other view), the consistent reaction from these folks (and a couple of them are very well politically connected) is immediate cursing. What the ___ is this _____? It's all bul__it. Where do you get this _____ right wing ____? Don't wast my time with this______.

And then the hour, the flow of horror stories escalates - stories about how some kid was killed because of his depression over the wall - or a rubber bullet.

Good article. Yet another p

January 22, 2007 - 11:46 ET by PeskyDane

Good article. Yet another page in an ever growing file on the misinformation put out by the "Palestinians."

These people are truly broken and can not be fixed. The Egytians, Syrians and Jordanians living in Israel and the surrounding refugee camps simply need to be forced back to their countries of origin. I know easily said.

They are a bitter and discusting lot who in front of the entire world have willingly submitted themselves to live under a mafia. No way to respect that.

Honor killing that the Paleos

January 22, 2007 - 11:52 ET by Mr. Kafir

Honor killing that the Paleostinians are blaming on the Jooooos. Happens all the time.

Remember the story during the war in which the Lebanese (Hizballah) doctors declared that some family that was killed was covered with a "mysterious bluish chemical"? They claimed the IDF was using chemical weapons. Turned out it was SMOKE from the fire in which they died. Great doctors there in Lebanon, eh?

Media Malpractice (Sauce for the Goose)

January 22, 2007 - 12:54 ET by PSPCpl

This constant deluge of misinformation and propaganda passed on as news by the MSM needs to addressed by a bill in Congress. Let's call it the Media Corrections and Notification Act.

If any entitiy or individual is able to show in court that some MSM outlet produced or offered a story or investigatory piece on questionable, bad or manufactured and/or false information, that outlet should be fined the amount charged for each paper/magazine (the price of the paper/magazine) produced (not sold) or the cost to produce the show times the number of households that could have received the boradcast.

All that the plaintiff need due is to show the judge or jury that the information used by the creator of the piece was wrong in some way and that it could have been easily verified prior to offering it to the public. If the plaintiff can produce the information refuting the major theme of the piece, show how they obtained it, and that it was accessable by the creator(s) at the time they created the article or news show, they are guilty of media malpractice.

If the defendant(s) could have accessed this information had he/they done any kind of due dilligence in preparing th piece, then the defendant should be punished just as doctors, lawyers, and cops are for their malpratice.

If we are going to have fair and balanced viewpoints in reporting with fines for those individuals, parish priests, or associations who don't comply, we should have accuracy as well. Anyone who produces an article or news story in whatever medium with bad information should be fined for misinforming the public.

Wouldn't it be nice if the MS

January 22, 2007 - 13:01 ET by mattm

Wouldn't it be nice if the MSM would cast the same skeptical eye on the "Palestinians" that they do on the Israelis? That's a bit much to ask, I know.

I have a jewish friend that l

January 22, 2007 - 13:12 ET by Conservative in the Arts

I have a jewish friend that loves to rib me in my politics. He gave me Moore's F-9/11 for my birthday, kind of friend. He was against the Iraq war until the fake reporting at Qana. He has friend's over in Isreal and had a realization that if the media was lying to him about what happened in that war, maybe the media is lying to him about the Iraq war. Because of Pallywood the left lost a believer.

Keep up the good work MSM.

It's a good thing those suici

January 22, 2007 - 13:26 ET by The Wicked Conservative

It's a good thing those suicide bombers from Pallywood have only ever killed busses full of soldiers on their way to pillage the west bank. I mean otherwise the MSM would surely call them out on that...right?

The only thing evil needs to succeed, is for good people to nothing about it.

The IDF record is even more a

January 22, 2007 - 14:10 ET by taznar

The IDF record is even more amazing in its precision. According to media reports, they mangaged to kill hundreds, if not thousands, of women and children without a single adult male being killed by their attacks, much less a Hezbollah fighter.

I bet it had something to do

January 22, 2007 - 13:28 ET by mattm

I bet it had something to do with you, too, CITA. Keep up the good work. I truly believe that true Liberals make up 25% of the population at most. The rest of them are just misinformed, and will change their political affiliation once they get the full story.