NewsGuy
06-09-2001, 09:38 AM
From J Post:
The Jerusalem Magistrate's Court yesterday ordered Ha'aretz journalist Amira Hass to pay NIS 250,000, plus NIS 18,000 for court costs, to the Jewish community of Beit Hadassah in Hebron for publishing false accounts that vilified the residents.
Hass reported a January 13 incident in which the Border Police killed Palestinian Shabber Hassouna al-Husseini during a hot pursuit in Hebron. Hass described the incident according to Palestinian reports, with a response from the IDF.
In her article, Hass reported that Palestinian eyewitnesses saw Beit Hadassah residents spit on Husseini's body, kick it, and stomp on it, afterward whooping joyously and handing out candies in celebration.
The suit filed by the residents claimed that not only did such an event not take place, but that Hass recounted the story with malicious intent.
"All these things were complete lies whose purpose was to depict Beit Hadassah residents as inhuman monsters who abuse corpses," the brief stated.
The Jerusalem Magistrate's Court yesterday ordered Ha'aretz journalist Amira Hass to pay NIS 250,000, plus NIS 18,000 for court costs, to the Jewish community of Beit Hadassah in Hebron for publishing false accounts that vilified the residents.
Hass reported a January 13 incident in which the Border Police killed Palestinian Shabber Hassouna al-Husseini during a hot pursuit in Hebron. Hass described the incident according to Palestinian reports, with a response from the IDF.
In her article, Hass reported that Palestinian eyewitnesses saw Beit Hadassah residents spit on Husseini's body, kick it, and stomp on it, afterward whooping joyously and handing out candies in celebration.
The suit filed by the residents claimed that not only did such an event not take place, but that Hass recounted the story with malicious intent.
"All these things were complete lies whose purpose was to depict Beit Hadassah residents as inhuman monsters who abuse corpses," the brief stated.