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Call out - Protest at French embassy Friday

Viva Palestine | 16.02.2012 10:30 | Palestine

We are calling for a protest this Friday after prayers for a protest outside the French embassy in London

French Embassy
58 Knightsbridge
London SW1X 7JT

This protest is to call attention to the ruling in France where Israeli physician, Dr. David Yehuda was acquitted of libel against Mohammed al-Dura's father
The court overturned the libel conviction of Dr. David Yehuda, who was sued by the father of Mohammed al-Dura, the boy who became a powerful symbol of the second intifada.


Jamal al-Dura had displayed to international media outlets scars on his body he claimed were caused by bullets fired by Israel Defense Forces soldiers.
In a 2008 interview with a French Jewish weekly an Israeli orthopedic surgeon, Dr. David Yehuda disputed the elder Dura's claim. Yehuda said the scars were not related to the incident in which Mohammed al-Dura, who was 12 years old, died. Rather, Yehuda said, they were the result of an assault on Dura by Hamas militants who accused him of collaborating with Israel, as well as subsequent surgery performed by Yehuda himself in 1994.

Yehuda, together with the reporter and editor of the French publication, were convicted of libel by a French court in April and ordered to pay thousands of euros in compensation. Yesterday's ruling was the result of Yehuda's appeal of his conviction. The photos of the Duras, father and son, taking cover behind a barrel during an exchange of gunfire between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants, near the Netzarim junction in the Gaza Strip, remains one of the most enduring images of the second intifada.

Israel initially apologized for the boy's death but issued a retraction when subsequent investigations indicated the boy was most likely killed by Palestinian fire.



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  1. What is the purpose of this demo ? — seeker of further information
  2. Time and location meet up details — Viva Palestine
  3. Post event analysis of the actual shooting — Helpful Fact Giver
  4. The same 'Viva Palestine" — curious
  5. Why Muslims such as "Viva Palestine" hate Jews — Yoav
  6. Where were you ? — Very unhappy
  7. Demo was called off — Viva Palestine