Charles Enderlin

Charles Enderlin
Born1945 (age 78–79)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench, Israeli
Occupation(s)Journalist, bureau chief in Israel for France 2
SpouseDanièle Kriegel [fr]
AwardsLegion of Honour, August 2009
WebsiteEnderlin's blog at France 2, and since 2015 personal Enderlin's blog

Charles Enderlin (born 1945) is a French-Israeli journalist, specialising in the Middle East and Israel. He is the author of a number of books on the subject, including Shamir, une biographie (1991), Shattered Dreams: The Failure of the Peace Process in the Middle East, 1995–2002 (2002), and The Lost Years: Radical Islam, Intifada and Wars in the Middle East 2001–2006 (2007). He was awarded France's highest decoration, the Legion of Honour, in August 2009.[1]

Enderlin came to international public attention in September 2000, when he provided the voice-over for a France 2 report on the killing of 12-year-old boy Muhammad al-Durrah by soldiers of the Israeli army. The event was important at the start of the Second Intifada.[2] A few months after Enderlin's report, a small group of people in France (Gérard Huber, Philippe Karsenty, Luc Rosenzweig) contested the origin of the bullets that killed al-Durrah and alleged that the scene was staged.[3] France 2 sued Karsenty for libel.[4] Karsenty was eventually convicted of defamation in 2013 and fined €7,000.[5]

  1. ^ France 2, August 12, 2009 Archived 18 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ Astier, Henri.Gaza media battle in French court, BBC News, 13 November 2007.
  3. ^ Hervé Deguine, Charles Enderlin. Il gagne la guerre du soupçon Archived 14 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Médias (11), décembre 2006, online version.
  4. ^ Magnezi, Aviel (28 February 2012). "French court overturns acquittal in al-Dura case". Ynetnews. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Media analyst convicted over France-2 Palestinian boy footage". The Guardian. Associated Press. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2022.