Famous 'Palestinian' makes aliya - JPost

[Coastie for Truth]

Tuvia Grossman, who was dragged out of a taxi in east Jerusalem and nearly beaten to death by a crowd of Palestinians at the start of the intifada in 2000, is making aliya today.

At the time of the attack, his story received international media attention, because a photo of a bloody Grossman, taken by a freelance photographer and mislabeled by the Associated Press, said Grossman was a Palestinian being beaten by an Israeli soldier. The caption also mistakenly placed the incident on the Temple Mount, when in fact it was at a gas station outside the Old City.

Grossman, along with 200 others, is to arrive Wednesday at Ben-Gurion Airport on the North American aliya assistance group Nefesh B'Nefesh's final summer flight.

[Colorado Blue]

1. Amazing.

The initial photo and caption, supposedly showing a Palestinian being beaten by Israeli police, is actually a Jewish yeshiva student being rescued from a beating by Palestinians.

No doubt this was a simple error. Correcting the impression made by the image is impossible.

Sadly, more deliberate propaganda efforts are quite common.

[JohnLocke]

2. Wow. Unbelievable.