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Good article, and right on target. Of course the mythical "Jenin Massacre" is not the only legend that still exists only in the minds of the uninformed.
Over on the islamic forums the myth of who shot Mohammed Al Dura has elevated him to become the unwitting poster boy for the islamic whine-a-thon of "victimhood" while many educational elites (and much of the MSM) continue to hit the snooze button every time this topic comes up...
Another myth that is busted:
Who caused the televised death of 12-year-old Mohammed al-Dura?
(see the links at the bottom of that article too)
The truth about Mohamad Aldura
Probe: Famous 'martyrdom' of Palestinian boy 'staged'
The Leftist Intellectual Circles and the Media they dominate had a long history of being sympathetic to the ideas, movements or individuals aimed against Western Civilization. Islamist propaganda would never have had much effect had it not been for sympathetic liberal left Media.
Liberal Leftists will support any movement aimed against Western Civilization (Communism, Islamism, etc.) and modern Israel as a successor to ancient Israel that gave the world Western Civilization is their number one target precisely for that.