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14 September 2001
Rumour alert:
Various rumours
circulating on the
Internet -- alleging
that the Reuters
footage depicting
Palestinians
celebrating in the
wake of the attacks
in the U.S. was in fact
footage from a
different event -- are
false. Still images, such as the Associated
Press image above, were additionally shot by
photographers from a variety of wire service
agencies.
Reuters' International Editor, Anthony
Williams, confirmed to The Electronic Intifada
that "This material was shot on Tuesday. The
suggestion that it was old is false." Mike
Hanna, Jerusalem bureau chief of CNN, the
media organisation named in many versions
of the rumour, told us that, "I can
unequivocally state that the footage shown
on CNN of a small group of Palestinians
"celebrating" was shot by a Reuters crew in
East Jerusalem on Tuesday. The allegation
that it was shot at any other time is
contemptible."
A separate issue, The Electronic Intifada's
statement about the media's misuse of
these images, can be found here: The
Palestinian people, as a whole, portrayed as
supportive of the attacks on the World Trade
Center and the Pentagon.
Right, one million
Palestinian school
children observed
a minute's silence
for the victims of
the attacks in New
York and
Washington DC.
Vigils continue
throughout today.
If The Electronic Intifada was to post every
message of condolence to Americans and
condemnation of the attack and perpetrators
made by Palestinian organisations and
institutions in the last two days, we would be
doing nothing else for the rest of the month.
The U.S. Consulate in East Jerusalem
reported that it had received a foot-thick pile
of condolence faxes from Palestinian
organisations.
On the ground and in the media, Israel has
used the current focus on events in the US to
justify and launch attacks on Palestinian
towns, that have killed several Palestinian
civilians and injured many more.
Meanwhile, in the U.S., attacks on
Arab-Americans, and Arab and Muslim-owned
buildings have been reported. President
George W. Bush and other U.S. officials,
urged Americans Thursday not to scapegoat
Arab-Americans for this week's terrorist
attacks on New York and Washington.
Deutsche Presse-Agentur reported yesterday:
"Our nation must be mindful that there are
thousands of Arab- Americans ... who love
their flag just as much as (we) do," Bush
said in a telephone conversation with New
York Governor George Pataki and Mayor
Rudolph Giuliani, "And we must be mindful
that as we seek to win the war (against
terrorism), that we treat Arab-Americans and
Muslims with the respect they deserve," he
said, adding that the country "should not
hold one who is a Muslim responsible for an
act of terror".
Last night the U.S. Senate, led by Senators
Tom Harkin and Orrin Hatch passed a
unanimous resolution that stated, "the civil
rights and civil liberties of all Americans,
including Arab Americans and American
Muslims, should be protected," and
"condemn[ed] any acts of violence or
discrimination against any Americans,
including Arab Americans and American
Muslims."
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14 September 2001
Rumour alert:
Various rumours
circulating on the
Internet -- alleging
that the Reuters
footage depicting
Palestinians
celebrating in the
wake of the attacks
in the U.S. was in fact
footage from a
different event -- are
false. Still images, such as the Associated
Press image above, were additionally shot by
photographers from a variety of wire service
agencies.
Reuters' International Editor, Anthony
Williams, confirmed to The Electronic Intifada
that "This material was shot on Tuesday. The
suggestion that it was old is false." Mike
Hanna, Jerusalem bureau chief of CNN, the
media organisation named in many versions
of the rumour, told us that, "I can
unequivocally state that the footage shown
on CNN of a small group of Palestinians
"celebrating" was shot by a Reuters crew in
East Jerusalem on Tuesday. The allegation
that it was shot at any other time is
contemptible."
A separate issue, The Electronic Intifada's
statement about the media's misuse of
these images, can be found here: The
Palestinian people, as a whole, portrayed as
supportive of the attacks on the World Trade
Center and the Pentagon.
Right, one million
Palestinian school
children observed
a minute's silence
for the victims of
the attacks in New
York and
Washington DC.
Vigils continue
throughout today.
If The Electronic Intifada was to post every
message of condolence to Americans and
condemnation of the attack and perpetrators
made by Palestinian organisations and
institutions in the last two days, we would be
doing nothing else for the rest of the month.
The U.S. Consulate in East Jerusalem
reported that it had received a foot-thick pile
of condolence faxes from Palestinian
organisations.
On the ground and in the media, Israel has
used the current focus on events in the US to
justify and launch attacks on Palestinian
towns, that have killed several Palestinian
civilians and injured many more.
Meanwhile, in the U.S., attacks on
Arab-Americans, and Arab and Muslim-owned
buildings have been reported. President
George W. Bush and other U.S. officials,
urged Americans Thursday not to scapegoat
Arab-Americans for this week's terrorist
attacks on New York and Washington.
Deutsche Presse-Agentur reported yesterday:
"Our nation must be mindful that there are
thousands of Arab- Americans ... who love
their flag just as much as (we) do," Bush
said in a telephone conversation with New
York Governor George Pataki and Mayor
Rudolph Giuliani, "And we must be mindful
that as we seek to win the war (against
terrorism), that we treat Arab-Americans and
Muslims with the respect they deserve," he
said, adding that the country "should not
hold one who is a Muslim responsible for an
act of terror".
Last night the U.S. Senate, led by Senators
Tom Harkin and Orrin Hatch passed a
unanimous resolution that stated, "the civil
rights and civil liberties of all Americans,
including Arab Americans and American
Muslims, should be protected," and
"condemn[ed] any acts of violence or
discrimination against any Americans,
including Arab Americans and American
Muslims."
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Coverage | Media Activism Advice
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Site design by Nigel Parry
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