Doreen Carvajal (7. februar 2005). «Photo of Palestinian Boy Kindles Debate in France». The New York Times. Besøkt 29. oktober 2006.Richard Landes, a Boston University professor specializing in medieval cultures, studied full footage from other Western news outlets that day, including the pictures of the boy. ‘We could argue about every frame,’ he said. But after watching the scenes involving Muhammad al-Dura three times, he concluded that it had probably been faked, along with footage on the same tape of separate street clashes and ambulance rescues. ‘I came to the realization that Palestinian cameramen, especially when there are no Westerners around, engage in the systematic staging of action scenes,’ he said, calling the footage Pallywood cinema.
