The Fake Photo That Changed Everything

A single contested video from 2000 became recruiting material for Jihad and the awakening of a Muslim Street in the West shouting “Death to the Jews” in European capitals.

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The Video Shooting of Mohamed Al Durah Nidra Poller

An influential essay written by political commentator Nidra Poller, published under the title "Myth, Fact, and the al-Dura Affair".

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Introductory essay

Al Durah: The First Post-Modern Blood Libel by Richard Landes

An Al Durah Project Film

Muhammad al Durah: The Birth of an Icon

An Al Durah Project FIlm

Al Durah: Icon of Hatred

The Fake Photo That Changed Everything

A single contested video from 2000 became recruiting material for Jihad and the awakening of a Muslim Street in the West shouting “Death to the Jews” in European.

By Richard Landes On September 30, 2000, a broadcast image showed a boy and his father allegedly targeted and killed “in cold blood” by the IDF.