Palestinian group admits Jenin funeral staged - but claims was for a movie

[IMRA: If nothing else, one can only be amazed at the ability of Palestinian
groups such as LAW to handle embarrassing evidence. It will be interesting
to see how the Palestinian film producer explains a script that includes a
Palestinian wrapped in shrouds who is dropped repeatedly by his pall bearers
and then, when dropped in the middle of a crowd, runs away as the crowd
apparently reacts to the resurrected "shahid" also run for their lives. Is
a black comedy being filmed in Jenin?]
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Press Conference:

Law refutes Israeli claims of staged Jenin 'burials'

When: Sunday, May 5, 2002
Time: 10.30 am
Where: Ambassador Hotel, Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem

This week, the Israeli army distorted facts by claiming that Palestinians
had staged fake 'burials' in Jenin. The fake 'burials', the Israeli army
spokesmen say, were an attempt to "prove" that there were many more
Palestinians killed than actually were.

LAW has found evidence that at the same time an Israeli military camera shot
what it said was a fake 'burial', a Palestinian producer was shooting a film
at the same site. What was perceived as a staged 'burial' was actually
acting for a film.

At the press conference LAW will host the producer of the film, as well as
show excerpts of what the producer was filming, which shows the same persons
as the so-called staged 'burial'.
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LAW-The Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights & the
Environment is a non-governmental organization dedicated to preserving human
rights through legal advocacy. LAW is an affiliate to the International
Commission of Jurists (ICJ), The World Organization Against Torture (OMCT).
LAW-The Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights & the
Environment,
P.O.Box 20873, Jerusalem,
Tel: (972)(2) 583 3430 / 583 3530 / 583 3537, Fax: (972)(2) 583 3317,
E-mail: law@lawsociety.org