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Sunday, February 08, 2026

Aimed at "Demonizing Israel and the Jews", it was "the biggest anti-Semitic hoax of our generation": 25 Years Later, a French Magazine Re-Opens the Wounds of the Al-Durah Scandal

In a special issue on the Al-Durah hoax a quarter of a century years ago, the monthly Causeur reexamines the affair that caused widespread hatred of the Jewish state and Jews themselves.

Last Fall, No Pasarán published an in-depth post on the al Durrah affair which had its start on September 30, 2000 and which the blog has covered over the years: 25 Years Ago — Fate of 12-Year-Old Palestinian Led to 911 Attack and the Invention of the Word Pallywood, 
along with a quote by Philippe Karsenty, who was instrumental in helping to debunk the hoax ("If we ignore how images propagate and mutate, we hand the moral high ground to those who traffic in outrage"). (The post proved to be exactly the 14,000th since the beginning of the blog No Pasarán 21 years earlier.) 

In the current issue of Causeur (Conversationalist), Elisabeth Lévy presents the dossier under the title L’heure des pro-pal (although Karsenty himself would rather elect to call the legions of "Pro-Palestine" protesters the legions of "pro-Hamas" protesters) and Gilles-William Goldnadel & Aude Weill-Raynal revisit the history of the many lawsuits that France 2 brought against Karsenty, while Editor Jeremy Stubbs charges that the France 2 television station broadcast antisemitic disinformation, asking Who Killed the Truth? (Affaire Al-Durah, 25 ans après: qui a tué la vérité?).
Notably, Elisabeth Lévy makes some historical comparisons, saying that on
That September 30th [2000], the cameraman also offered his footage to CNN, which declined—out of caution? As for [France 2's Charles] Enderlin, he had no doubt whatsoever. Why would they, given that the child's death lent credence to the mainstream narrative of progressive media: heavily armed soldiers massacring defenseless civilians? If it wasn't true, it was a clever fabrication.

 … It is a scoop of a global nature. "Little Mohamed" is the face of innocence destroyed by Israeli-Jewish barbarity. On October 12, two Israeli soldiers who had strayed into Ramallah were lynched to cries of "Revenge for Al-Durah!" In the Arab world [as in places like university campuses and Hollywood], the bloodied hands that their killer presented to the cheering crowd becomes a symbol of glory.

 … Catherine Nay [states] that the image of Mohamed "erases, cancels out" that of the Jewish child in the Warsaw ghetto held at gunpoint by SS officers. At least that's clarity for you.

 … The Al-Durah affair, which has by now become known as the Enderlin affair, is also a textbook example of how the media party operates, rising up as one against anyone who threatens its best interests. The anti-Dreyfusards and the communists thought no differently.

Naturally, Karsenty is interviewed in the magazine — by Gil Mihaely — as he is on Radio Shalom (94.8FM), where it transpires that he is demanding to testify before France's Assemblée Nationale (video below).

Aimed at "Demonizing Israel and the Jews", he says, the Al-Durra affair was "the biggest anti-Semitic hoax of our generation." (More Karsenty quotes at the No Pasarán post from September 30.)
Presenting the dossier, Jeremy Stubbs writes: 
On September 30, 2000, France 2 broadcast a report showing the death of young Mohamed Al-Durah at the hands of the IDF in Gaza. This global scoop was a boon for Israel's enemies, who have exploited it ad nauseam for 25 years for their antisemitic propaganda. But incoherent and incomplete, it also raised doubts among many observers. While one of them, Philippe Karsenty, was convicted of defamation, the public broadcaster has still not proven the veracity of its footage. As Élisabeth Lévy stated when introducing our special report: "The Al-Durah affair is also a textbook example of how the media establishment operates, rising up as one against anyone who threatens its interests. The anti-Dreyfusards and the communists thought no differently." Karsenty's well-documented investigation showed that the image of Mohamed Al-Durah killed in his father's arms, which became an icon of the Palestinian cause and a justification for "anti-Zionism," was a staged event. 

Interviewed by Gil Mihaely, Philippe Karsenty called this report "the biggest anti-Semitic hoax of our generation." Michaël Prazan, speaking with Élisabeth Lévy and Jean-Baptiste Roques, pointed out that the accusation of ritual murder against Jews appeared in antiquity before becoming, in every era and across the globe, the pretext for horrific pogroms. Lawyers Gilles-William Goldnadel and Aude Weill-Raynal recounted the nine-year trial that ended with Philippe Karsenty's conviction. The court did not question its methodical analysis of the France 2 footage but applied defamation law to the letter, a "technical" judgment that does not serve historical truth. A left-wing Jew and wounded Zionist, Claude Askolovitch continues to believe that little Mohamed died under the bullets of the IDF. But rather than making him a symbol or the banner of a cause, he wants to restore his individuality. For Pierre-André Taguieff, the misleading images of "little Mohamed," with their antisemitic undertones, are akin to "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" and the Dreyfus Affair. As for the numerous journalists who chose to broadcast them without critical distance, they reveal the devastating corporatism of their profession. 
The editor of Causeur goes on to present the rest of issue # 142:
In her monthly editorial, Elisabeth Lévy comments on the operations of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) in the United States, which, on this side of the Atlantic, are provoking opposing reactions: praise from the right, condemnation from the left. Moreover, the left is seizing the opportunity to use the N-word (N for Nazi) and demonize President Trump. Certainly, no one wants to see innocent people die at the hands of a trigger-happy police force, but France has proven incapable of reducing migration flows, so that "our borders are like sieves." Her conclusion: "If force without law is a tyrant's fantasy, law without force is a child's dream."

Jeremy Stubbs : 

Le 30 septembre 2000, France 2 diffuse un reportage présentant la mort du petit Mohamed Al-Durah sous les balles de Tsahal à Gaza. Ce scoop mondial est une aubaine pour les ennemis d’Israël, qui l’exploitent ad nauseam depuis 25 ans pour leur propagande antisémite. Mais incohérent et tronqué, il a aussi suscité les doutes de nombreux observateurs. Si l’un d’eux, Philippe Karsenty, a été condamné pour diffamation, la chaîne publique n’a toujours pas prouvé la véracité de ses images. Comme le dit Élisabeth Lévy en présentant notre dossier spécial : « L’affaire Al-Durah est aussi un cas d’école du fonctionnement du parti des Médias qui se dresse comme un seul homme contre quiconque menace l’intérêt supérieur du Parti. Les antidreyfusards et les communistes ne pensaient pas différemment ». L’enquête étayée de Karsenty montrait que l’image de Mohamed Al-Durah tué dans les bras de son père, qui est devenue une icône de la cause palestinienne et une justification de l’« antisionisme », était une mise en scène.

Interviewé par Gil Mihaely, Philippe Karsenty qualifie ce reportage de « plus grand faux antisémite de notre génération ». Michaël Prazan, se confiant à Élisabeth Lévy et Jean-Baptiste Roques, rappelle que l’accusation contre les Juifs de crime rituel apparaît dans l’Antiquité avant d’être à toutes les époques et sous tous les cieux lle prétexte d’effroyables pogromes. Les avocats Gilles-William Goldnadel et Aude Weill-Raynal reviennent sur les neuf ans de procès qui se sont terminés par la condamnation de Philippe Karsenty. La Justice n’a pas remis en cause son analyse méthodique des images de France 2 mais a appliqué à la lettre le droit de la diffamation, un jugement « technique » qui ne sert pas la vérité historique. Juif de gauche et sioniste blessé, Claude Askolovitch continue de penser que le petit Mohamed est mort sous les balles de Tsahal. Mais plutôt qu’en faire un symbole ou l’étendard d’une cause, il veut lui rendre sa singularité. Pour Pierre-André Taguieff, les images trompeuses du « petit Mohamed » s’apparentent, par leur charge antisémite, aux « Protocoles des sages de Sion » et à l’affaire Dreyfus. Quant aux nombreux journalistes qui ont préféré les relayer sans distance critique, ils nous informent sur le corporatisme dévastateur de leur profession.

Dans son édito du mois, Elisabeth Lévy commente les opérations de l’ICE (la police de l’Immigration et des Douanes) aux États-Unis qui, de ce côté de l’Atlantique, suscitent des réactions opposées : louanges à droite, condamnation à gauche. De surcroît, la gauche en profite pour sortir le N-word (N comme nazi) et diaboliser le président Trump. Certes, personne ne souhaite voir des innocents mourir sous les balles d’une police à la gâchette facile, mais la France s’est montrée incapable de réduire les flux migratoires, de sorte que « nos frontières sont des passoires ». Conclusion : « si la force sans le droit est un fantasme de tyran, le droit sans la force est un rêve d’enfant ».

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 … Certes, les mauvaises manières de Donald Trump scandalisent les Européens mais, selon mon analyse, il ne fait que perpétuer la vieille tradition américaine d’ingérences qui s’inscrit désormais dans une mondialisation des conflits. Les grandes puissances sont en concurrence sur tout et partout sur terre.

  Gaza : affaire AI Dura, Philippe Karsenty veut être auditionné par l'assemblée nationale  
 
Porte-parole du comité Trump France, Philippe Karsenty est l'homme qui a porté l'affaire Al Dura pendant des années. Aujourd'hui, il demande à être auditionné par la commission d'enquête sur l'audiovisuel public de l'Assemblée nationale pour dénoncer France Télévision.
 

Après les drames survenus à Minneapolis, la police de l’Immigration et des Douanes est comparée à la Gestapo. Qu’il est bon de résister sans danger.

Quel est le point commun entre une nonagénaire niçoise effroyablement violée par un Tunisien sous OQTF et un infirmier américain tué par la police de l’Immigration et des Douanes [ICE]


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Thursday, January 08, 2026

EUROPE'S VIAGRA — French Radio Debate: Is Donald Trump the Old Continent's "Greatest Danger" or Is He "Europe's Viagra"?


When Philippe Karsenty was invited to a 21-minute debate on SudRadio with a French socialist about Donald Trump's latest actions (notice how PK cannot help smiling when Emma Rafowicz mentions Thierry Breton), the spokesman for le Comité Trump France pointed out that far from being Europe's "greatest danger", POTUS47 was the "Viagra of Europe". 

According to Philippe Karsenty, therefore, as  reports in his article, 

Donald Trump is in fact not breaking with Europe but is seeking to awaken it. He specifically cites J.D. Vance’s February 2025 speech, in which the American vice president had attacked Europe from every angle. According to him, this break with the Old Continent was actually “a declaration of love for Europe” that meant: “Wake up, you are totally collapsing!”

Throughout the debate, of course, the left-leaning guest seems incapable of letting Karsenty speak without interrupting him constantly. (Merci à Sarah pour l'Instalien.)

Par  avec Philippe Karsenty, Emma Rafowicz 

Groenland : Trump, dangereux pour l'Europe et la France ? 

Groenland : Donald Trump est-il dangereux pour l'Europe et la France ? Débat Philippe Karsenty (Comité Trump France) x Emma Rafowicz (PS) 
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Donald Trump : « Viagra de l’Europe » ou « plus grand danger » du Vieux-Continent ? 
  “Without the United States, the war in Ukraine would be over and done with.” 

 … Philippe Karsenty, spokesperson for the Trump France Committee, asserts that the United States remains an indispensable ally for European interests. “Without the United States, the war in Ukraine would be over and done with,” he maintains. Beyond its support, Trump could even be “the last American president who loves Europe,” according to him. 

Thus, Donald Trump is not breaking with Europe but is seeking to awaken it. He specifically cites J.D. Vance’s February 2025 speech, in which the American vice president had attacked Europe from every angle. According to him, this break with the Old Continent was actually “a declaration of love for Europe” that meant: “Wake up, you are totally collapsing!”
Donald Trump : « Viagra de l’Europe » ou « plus grand danger » du Vieux-Continent ?  

« Sans les États-Unis, la guerre en Ukraine serait finie et pliée »

Face à elle, Philippe Karsenty, porte-parole du Comité Trump France, affirme que les États-Unis restent des alliés indispensables aux intérêts européens. « Sans les États-Unis, la guerre en Ukraine serait finie et pliée », estime-t-il. Au-delà de son aide, Trump pourrait même être « le dernier président américain qui aime l’Europe » d’après lui.


Ainsi, Donald Trump ne rompt pas avec l’Europe mais cherche à la réveiller. Il évoque notamment le discours de J.D. Vance en février 2025, où le vice-président américain avait enfoncé l’Europe par toutes les portes. Selon lui, cette rupture avec le Vieux continent était en réalité « une déclaration d’amour à l’Europe » qui signifiait : « Réveillez-vous, vous êtes totalement en train de vous effondrer ! ».

Related — wretchardthecat: Days after Europeans denounce US action in Venezuela they anticipate collecting debts from proceeds.

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Monday, September 29, 2025

25 Years Ago — Fate of 12-Year-Old Palestinian Led to 911 Attack and the Invention of the Word Pallywood: "If we ignore how images propagate and mutate, we hand the moral high ground to those who traffic in outrage"

Today’s rising tide of Jew-hatred from all directions – Right, Left, Muslim, Christian, secular, knowing and unknowing – started on September 30, 2000 
— Richard Landes

UPDATED: Tuesday marks the quarter-century anniversary of the beginning of one of the biggest scandals of the past 50 years, the Mohammed al-Dura affair, which saw French television video and photos of a 12-year-old Palestenian and his father being supposedly felled by Israeli bullets in Gaza, and which led to the creation of a new word — Pallywood.

Chief among those instrumental in debunking the hoax was a young free-thinker by the name of Philippe Karsenty, and so it was natural that, 25 years later, Alexandre Gilbert of the Times of Israel would wish to interview him.

In the interview, the man who has since become the spokesman for le Comité Trump France gave to the Isreali newspaper, he spoke about the media wars — regarding Daniel Pearl, etc, but most notably the al Durrah affair which had its start on September 30, 2000; which Karsenty himself was instrumental in helping to debunk; and whose lawsuits No Pasarán covered over the years. (Shookhran for the instalink, Sarah.)

Less than a year after the IDF's dastardly Jews' alleged murder of the 12-year-old Arab — not, as it turns out, at all incidentally — the world witnessed the 911 attacks on New York and Washington.


Before we take a look at the Philippe Karsenty interview, a must-read is the piece that Richard Landes penned in The Jerusalem Post five years ago — as the Abrahamic accords were being signed — about the twentieth (20th) anniversary of "one of the most disastrous events in the year 2000". It's a hard, indeed a mind-boggling, read — check out RL's blog, The Augean Stables — especially coming three years before the October 7th massacre.
The image of Muhammad al-Dura via the narrative that the IDF had targeted him became the global symbol of Palestinian suffering at the hand of Israeli cruelty. It rapidly became an “icon of hatred” that had a greater immediate and long-term effect on the new century than any other such vehicle of incitement.

A cry arose, for some of pain, for some of rage, but for all a clear sign that the Infidel, led by the twin Satans Israel and USA, were making war on Muslims. Indeed, no single event so far has done more to arouse the spirit of jihad against the West than this footage, which, as Bin Laden quickly pointed out in his recruiting video for global jihad, demanded vengeance against al Yahud and their allies.

 … the Muhammad al-Dura icon fed an apocalyptic jihadi narrative: to #GenerationCaliphate Israel was the Dajjal (Antichrist).

The West followed suit. Lethal journalists like Robert Fisk quickly affirmed the charge of deliberate murder. Where before such comparisons were considered ugly if not worse, now comparing Israel to the Nazis became common. A prominent French news anchor, speaking for many, declared that al-Dura “erased, replaced the image of the boy in the Warsaw Ghetto.” It was a new, post-modern “replacement narrative.”

Instead of Christians or Muslims replacing Israel as the true Chosen People, it was the former chosen people replacing the Nazis, and the poor Palestinian victim suffering the fate of the Jews. The progressive refrain, “Israel has lost the moral high ground.” … 
 
 … Al-Dura justified terrorist attacks on Israel in the minds of both Muslims and non-Jews, especially Europeans. “What choice do they have?” progressives responded when Palestinians targeted Israel civilians. They were merely resisting …
 
 … At the height of the suicide terror campaign, siding with the Palestinians was a “litmus test of liberal credentials.” Suggesting this heinous violence was genocidal aspiration, not state-deprived desperation, was a ticket to cancellation.
 
 … ANGRY PROTESTS in the West accused Israel of genocide, and a large plurality of Europeans believed it.  … the Western legacy media constituted one of the most potent weapons in the cognitive war “Caliphaters” waged against the West. 
 
 … The icon of al-Dura was the first successful blood libel in the West since the Nazis rode their ecumenical Jew-hatred to mega-death for all in 1930s and ‘40s. Unlike earlier versions, this was spread by a Jew and carried by the professional news media, and its primary impact was on progressive, leftist circles, giving birth to a “new antisemitism” in its 21st-century avatar, eliminationist “anti-Zionism.” Today’s rising tide of Jew-hatred from all directions – Right, Left, Muslim, Christian, secular, knowing and unknowing – started on September 30, 2000. 
 
 … Whether we know it or not, those of us entering this very grim-looking third decade of the 21st century are the inheritors of this al-Durah-triggered new wave of Jew-hatred and its accompaniments: fake news, conspiracy theories and violence.
 
 … As some honest Arab journalists point out, #FakeNews is something of an Arab specialty, and for far too long public opinion has been manipulated by dishonest and malevolent actors masquerading as journalists. 

And this brings us, full circle, to Alexandre Gilbert's Times of Israel interview with Philippe Karsenty.

Alexandre Gilbert: Osama bin Laden explicitly cited the Al-Dura case as justification both for the assassination of Daniel Pearl, a journalist from the Washington Post, who was about to find him, in Abbottabad in 2002, and for the 9/11 2001 aircraft hijack and attacks on the United States. How do you interpret that?

Philippe Karsenty: Bin Laden invoked Al‑Dura very directly. He pointed to the footage as proof that Jews and the West were child‑killers. He then used that grievance as a pretext to justify Daniel Pearl’s murder — presenting it as vengeance for Al‑Dura. And he cited the same image again as moral cover for 9/11, claiming that the attacks on New York and Washington on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, were retaliation for the supposed killing of a Palestinian child. In his rhetoric, one short televised clip became the excuse both for executing a single journalist and for massacring thousands of civilians. 

That’s how far the reach of this image went: from Gaza, to Karachi, to the Twin Towers. Modern media ecosystems — from satellite networks to the social platforms that would come later — are accelerants. An emotionally charged image, broadcast without context, can spiral into a global narrative within days. Bin Laden’s invocation was not the origin of that mechanism, but it displayed how effectively extremists could harness it. That is why accountability, forensic analysis, and the willingness to pursue uncomfortable inquiries are vital. If we ignore how images propagate and mutate, we hand the moral high ground to those who traffic in outrage.

It’s crucial to understand that we moved from the notion of “deicide” to “genocide.” In Christian tradition, Jews were stigmatized as “Christ-killers.” With the Al-Dura case, the Jews were recast as child-killers, genocidal by nature. This image of Mohammed Al-Dura, supposedly shot by Israeli soldiers in 2000, became the ultimate weapon of demonization against the Jewish people. And honestly, if you search through every existing representation, you won’t find anything more powerful or more destructive than that image. Everyone knows it, even people completely detached from politics or the conflict.

 … You stress that you weren’t the first to discover the Al-Dura fabrication. Who was?

Philippe Karsenty: It was Nahum Shahaf, an Israeli researcher. He was the one who opened my eyes. When I saw his analysis, it struck me as obvious. So I approached France 2, expecting them to correct their mistake. Instead, they dismissed me. I went to the CRIF, to the Israeli ambassador—everyone brushed me off. Ambassador Daniel Shek even refused to shake my hand, calling me a “conspiracy theorist.” That was the environment I was up against.

Let’s talk about the legal battle. How did it begin?

Philippe Karsenty: Since I had no legal standing to sue, I published a deliberately provocative article, hoping France 2 would sue me for defamation. They did. In 2006, at my first trial, the prosecutor said I had presented convincing evidence of a staged event and should be acquitted. Yet I was convicted. On appeal, the court demanded France 2 release its raw footage. I had obtained 18 minutes of it. The footage exposed blatant inconsistencies. I was acquitted, and the case made global headlines—even appearing in US diplomatic cables later revealed by WikiLeaks.

But the story didn’t end there, did it?

Philippe Karsenty: No. France 2 appealed to the Court of Cassation. Despite the Attorney General’s conclusions in my favor, I lost—on a procedural point. The court ruled that I didn’t yet have the footage when I published my article, and therefore my claim was defamatory at the time, even if later proven correct. In 2013, at the retrial, I brought experts from around the world—architects, analysts. France 2 was demolished in court. But once again, the verdict went against me. I was ordered to pay €11,000. At that point, I decided to stop. The system was hopelessly politicized.

So where does that leave you today?

Philippe Karsenty: Today, I continue to say openly that the Al-Dura video was staged. France 2 can no longer sue me. Their only argument—that I lacked proof at the time of publication—has expired. I have the evidence, and I speak freely. The irony is that the more they tried to silence me, the more the affair spread—the Streisand effect in action.

How do you respond to being associated with conspiracy figures like Alex Jones, Steve Bannon, or Alain Soral?

Philippe Karsenty: I reject that completely. I have no connection to those people. In fact, they despise my work. Why? Because it disrupts their antisemitic narratives. I expose Palestinian propaganda as fraudulent, which doesn’t serve their agenda. Unlike others who were co-opted by conspiracy networks, I remained isolated—especially in the pre-social media era. That isolation made the fight very lonely. But it also kept me clean. 

 … The distorted vision of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is mostly in France a quarrel between Alsatian Ashkenazi and Algerian Berbers, isn’t it ? 

Philippe Karsenty: Yes. And a conflict suggests two equal sides fighting each other. That’s not the case. Israel never wakes up in the morning deciding to kill its neighbors. What exists is a war: the Arab attempt to destroy Israel, ongoing for 75 years. They tried conventional wars, terrorism, rockets—all failed. Where they succeeded was in waging media warfare. And in that realm, Israel doesn’t fight. The Al-Dura case was their greatest victory. That’s why I insist: this is not a conflict, it’s a war fought on a different battlefield—the media.

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Saturday, February 21, 2026

Al-Durah Hoax — "But what courage would it take today for a politician, a journalist, even a historian, simply to ask the question: is this MSM report serving a leftist narrative possibly a fake?"

Comparing the Al-Durah hoax to another hoax (the Dreyfus affair) of more than a century ago — in l'Affaire Al-Durah: mais où est passé le colonel Picquart? — Eric Verrax asks:
But what courage would it take today for a politician, a journalist, even a historian, simply to ask the question: is this report on the child's death possibly a "fake"? Who in the media world would have the audacity to alienate their self-righteous circles just to ask the question? And since we would then be dealing with "the most anti-Semitic fake of our generation," to use the words of the Causeur report, doesn't that cast a harsh light on the bias of public broadcasting?

Mais quel courage faudrait-il aujourd’hui à un politique, à un journaliste, à un historien même de simplement poser la question : ce reportage sur la mort de l’enfant est-il possiblement un « fake » ? Qui dans la galaxie médiatique aurait le front de s’aliéner son environnement bien-pensant pour a minima poser la question ? Et puisqu’alors, nous aurions affaire au « fake le plus antisémite de notre génération » pour reprendre les termes du dossier de Causeur, cela ne jette-t-il pas un regard cru sur la partialité du service public ?
 
Indeed, there was certainly no courage at the heart of the France 2 television station, as Philippe Karsenty recounts while a guest on Frontières (8:00-34:34) in relation with the special issue on the Al-Durah hoax that the monthly Causeur published last week.  Recall that Philippe Karsenty was central in debunking the hoax two decades ago, for which he was "rewarded" with numerous lawsuits at the hands of the France 2 television station — nine years' worth, altogether — which is recounted in the issue of Causeur by Gilles-William Goldnadel & Aude Weill-Raynal.

Answering the questions of Louise Morice, Philippe Karsenty not only reexamines the affair that caused widespread hatred of the Jewish state and of Jews themselves a quarter of a century ago, but comments also on the Epstein scandal, such as the fact that Jeffrey Epstein was a guest of champagne socialist Jack Lang in Paris as recently as 2018. (Speaking of which, see also No Matter How Clever You Think Trump Is, You Do Not Appreciate His Brilliance Enough.)
Last Fall, No Pasarán published an in-depth post on the al Durrah affair which had its start on September 30, 2000 and which the blog has covered over the decades: 25 Years Ago — Fate of 12-Year-Old Palestinian Led to 911 Attack and the Invention of the Word Pallywood, along with a quote by Philippe Karsenty, who was instrumental in helping to debunk the hoax ("If we ignore how images propagate and mutate, we hand the moral high ground to those who traffic in outrage") 

Beyond that article, Causeur (Conversationalist) also featured Elisabeth Lévy presenting the dossier under the title L’heure des pro-pal and Editor Jeremy Stubbs charging that the France 2 television station broadcast antisemitic disinformation, asking Who Killed the Truth? (Affaire Al-Durah, 25 ans après: qui a tué la vérité?). All of the above is related with more detail in the post on Causeur's special issue on the Al-Durah hoax.

Subsequently, Philippe Karsenty was also interviewed by Boulevard Voltaire, by ActuJ, and by the Qualita Studio.
 

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Au programme de notre matinale du lundi 9 février 2026 : À 8h : Philippe Karsenty, porte-parole du comité Trump France, nous rejoindra pour revenir sur l’affaire Al-Durah, à l’occasion de son grand entretien publié dans Causeur. À 8h30 : François Bousquet, rédacteur en chef de la Revue Éléments et directeur de la Nouvelle Librairie, sera en plateau pour présenter son enquête choc parue dans le JDD : « Fatwa bancaire : pourquoi la droite est systématiquement visée ». À 9h : Jean Messiha, tête de liste Reconquête pour les municipales à Évreux, viendra échanger sur sa campagne et les enjeux locaux. À 9h30, nos journalistes Lino Bauer et Jordan Florentin seront sur le plateau avec nous pour revenir sur les prises à partie dont ils ont été victimes alors qu’ils ne faisaient qu’exercer leur métier. 👉 Notre nouveau magazine "Censure : la tentation totalitaire", disponible sur : https://www.frontieresmedia.fr/produi...
 
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Wednesday, September 17, 2025

"It Should Not Be Considered Free Speech" Says Karsenty on French TV of the Left's Anti-Kirk Rants; "It Is the Glorification of Terrorism"

In the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, Philippe Karsenty joined the guests of a BFMTV debate, where he heard the usual platitudes about right-wing censorship of  free speech. 

"I have been hearing about such things as 'insensitivity' towards simple 'detractors'," said the Frenchman, who went on to illustrate his points by making comparisons with the original "Je suis Charlie" motto, i.e., the machine-gunning of Charlie Hebdo personnel in 2015. "It has strictly nothing to do with free speech; it is the glorification of terrorism" (the best excerpt on X). 

Moreover, when asked if the founder of TPUSA should not be considered "a martyr of the far right", the spokesman of le Comité Trump France answered No — since it was too reminiscent of the voices considering the perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo bloodbath as martyrs (as Muslim martyrs, in that case) — and that, besides, the husband of Erika Kirk had been "a conservative, not a reactionary." 

Charlie Kirk: "Il était conservateur, pas réactionnaire", assure Philippe Karsenty, porte-parole du comité "Trump France"

Charlie Kirk, 31 ans, a été assassiné par balle mercredi lors d'une réunion publique en plein air dans une université de l'Utah, dans l'ouest des États-Unis. Un suspect a été identifié et interpellé, ont annoncé les autorités ce vendredi.

Related: "My liberal friends are completely oblivious about how radicalizing the last week has been for tens of millions of normal Americans; Zero clue"

• RIP Charlie Kirk — This Is What Is Bound to Happen When You Constantly Refer to Your Adversaries as "Fascists" and as "Threats to Democracy"  

• What News Does the Front Page of the "International New York Times" Feature? Nothing About the Charlie Kirk Murder But a Story About a Provocateur Rapper
The day prior to the assassination, Philippe Karsenty appeared (misspelled) on the Qualita TV channel where he spoke of the far left and wokism, in Israel and America as well as in France.

Les institutions juives de France mettent en danger les juifs de France - L'invité du 9 Sept 2025

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Philippe Karsenti, porte-parole Trump-France, qui explique la position du président américain face à Israël et critique l'attitude hostile d'Emmanuel Macron envers l'Etat hébreu ainsi que le comportement trop complaisant selon lui des institutions juives communautaires en France: "Les Juifs de France ne sont pas défendus par leurs institutions. Au contraire, celles-ci les mettent en danger.
 

 

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Saturday, September 27, 2025

Karsenty Debates Charlie Kirk Tragedy and Trump's UN Speech

Philippe Karsenty was in the media several times this week, mostly about the Charlie Kirk tragedy and Donald Trump's UN speech. But perhaps his most interesting appearance had nothing to do with current events, but with a hoax a quarter of a century ago that he helped debunk, when a new word — Pallywood — had, of necessity, to be dreamed up. 

Earlier: "It Should Not Be Considered Free Speech" Says Karsenty on French TV of the Left's Anti-Kirk Rants; "It Is the Glorification of Terrorism"

The night before the tribute for the founder of TPUSA, the spokesman for le Comité Trump France was on BFMTV not once but twice. Here he pointed out that Charlie Kirk had been "a man of dialogue."

Five days later, Karsenty participated in a debate on Sud Radio about Donald Trump's United Nations speech — notably immigration, Russia, Palestine, and the climate — comparing it to Emmanuel Macron's UN speech. The spokesman for le Comité Trump France, incidentally, doesn't believe that there is any way the Nobel committee will ever give Trump the Nobel Prize.
 

Immigration, Russie, Palestine, climat : Trump est-il efficace ?


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Avec Philippe Karsenty (porte-parole du comité Trump France) et Arthur Kenigsberg (spécialiste de l'Europe centrale et fondateur d'Euro Creative, auteur de 'L'Europe de l'Est n'existe pas : Ces pays oubliés où se joue notre avenir" aux Editions Eyrolles)
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