Monday, September 22, 2008
The head of the state-owned France 2 television station has agreed to a demand from a Jewish community leader to establish a panel of experts to probe the controversial "Muhammad al-Dura broadcast," the European Jewish Press reported Friday...
It's a good start, but the devil will be in the details:
...The Anti-Defamation League has expressed support for the call for an independent investigation into the report. The panel of experts is expected to be established in November, and will be headed by Patrick Gaubert, chairman of Licra, the International League Against Racism and Anti-Semitism, who is also an EU Parliament member.
Karsenty called the decision to set up a panel "good news" but said he would monitor who was selected as "experts" as well as what material was submitted for the panel's consideration...
You better believe it. Also see: French public tv gives green light to working group on Al-Dura broadcast
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