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{{short description|Israeli physicist}}
'''Nahum Shahaf''' ({{lang-he|נחום שחף}}) is an Israeli ], best known for his role in an October 2000 ] (IDF) investigation surrounding the shooting of a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, ]. Prior to the investigation, Shahaf had worked with the IDF on the design of ]s, and had been known primarily as an inventor, having received an ] award for creativity in 1997 for his work on ] transmission.<ref name=Fallows>.</ref>
'''Nahum Shahaf''' ({{langx|he|נחום שחף}}) is an Israeli ] who specializes in ballistics and film technology.<ref name="Guysen"/>


==Background== ==Biography==
Shahaf earned a ] degree from ] in 1977. Throughout most the 1980s, he worked on ] (UAVs) for the ] (IDF), which Israeli journalist ] described as placing Shahaf "among the leading developers" of the technology.<ref name="Lord"></ref> According to his ], Shahaf worked on UAV optical tracking systems during that period, before shifting his focus to missile systems and inventing over the next decade.<ref name="cv">{{languageicon|he|Hebrew}} </ref> In 1997, he received an ] award for creativity for his work on compressed digital video transmission.<ref name=Fallows /> Shahaf describes himself as "a scientist, a physicist specialized in ballistics and the technology of filming images."<ref name="Guysen">{{Dead link|date=March 2010}} ] interviews Nahum Shahaf ()</ref> Nahum Shahaf earned a ] degree from ] in 1977. Throughout most of the 1980s, he worked on ] (UAVs) for the ] (IDF), which Israeli journalist ] described as placing Shahaf "among the leading developers" of the technology.<ref name="Lord"/> According to his ], Shahaf worked primarily on UAV optical tracking systems, before shifting his focus to missile systems and inventing over the next decade.<ref name="cv"/> In 1997, he received an ] award for creativity for his work on compressed digital video transmission.<ref name=Fallows />


==Al-Durrah investigation== ==Al-Durrah investigation==
] was a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, reported to have been shot and killed by ] (IDF) gunfire on September 30, 2000. Shahaf, noticing what he considered an anomaly in the video footage of the shooting, contacted Major General ], head of the ].<ref name="CordesmanMoravitz"/> Shahaf proposed that he and Joseph Doriel, an engineer Shahaf had previously collaborated with on ], should investigate the incident.<ref name="Cygielman"/> Samia agreed, and on October 23, 2000, Shahaf helped arrange a re-enactment at an IDF shooting range, in front of a CBS '']'' camera crew. In late November 2000, the investigators concluded, based on the angles and rate of fire, that Israeli troops had probably not shot the boy.<ref name="CNN"/>
{{Main|Muhammad al-Durrah incident}}
Shortly after the al-Durrah shooting in September 2000, for which the ] had initially admitted responsibility, Shahaf approached IDF ] head Major General ]. Shahaf was already well known to Samia, having previously done work for the IDF.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Cordesman|first1=Anthony|last2=Moravitz|first2=Jennifer|title=The Israeli-Palestinian war: escalating to nowhere|page=372|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=2005|isbn=9780275987589}}</ref> Shahaf proposed that he and Joseph Doriel, an engineer with whom Shahaf had previously collaborated during work on ], should undertake an investigation into the shooting on behalf of Samia.<ref name=Cygielman /> Samia agreed, and on October 23, 2000, Shahaf helped to arrange a re-enactment of the shooting on an IDF shooting range, in front of a CBS '']'' camera crew. In late November 2000, at the conclusion of the inquiry, Samia presented his findings at a press conference, explaining that the findings were "based on measurements, bullet angles and evidence that the Palestinian boy was hit by a volley of gunfire while Israeli soldiers were firing only single shots."<ref name="CNN">{{Dead link|date=March 2010}} AP - November 27, 2000</ref>


The investigation met with a mixed response. Doriel had been dismissed by Samia during the course of the investigation and when the results were announced, it was strongly criticised by some in the Israeli media. The Israeli newspapers ''Haaretz'' and the ''Jerusalem Post'' argued that Shahaf had no ballistics experience and ''Haaretz'' described his investigation as "dubious."<ref name=Cygielman>.</ref> His previous involvement in raising doubts about the identity of Rabin's killer became the subject of controversy.<ref>Schwartz, Adi (2007). "", ''Haaretz'', November 8, 2007, accessed January 24, 2010.</ref> Shahaf, however, pursued the case and devoted years to the matter,<ref name="Levy">Levy, Gideon. . ''Haaretz'', October 7, 2007, accessed October 23, 2008.</ref> having "spent months painstakingly collecting, wheedling, even buying footage from reluctant cameramen, and then spliced the pieces together in rough temporal order in an attempt to make an unbroken film of the day."<ref>''The other war: Israelis, Palestinians, and the struggle for media supremacy'', Stephanie Gutmann, Encounter Books, 2005, p. 75.</ref> He has promoted a theory that al-Durrah was not killed by the IDF and may still be alive.<ref>{{cite news|last=Temple-Raston|first=Dina|title=Engineer Casts Doubt on Veracity of Claims That Israelis Killed Palestinian Boy in 2000|url=http://www.nysun.com/foreign/engineer-casts-doubt-on-veracity-of-claims-that/10581/|work=The New York Sun|date=March 15, 2005}}</ref> Following ''Haaretz's'' reporting of his work on the al-Durrah case, which editor ] criticised as an "eccentic obsession" in an October 2007 article,<ref name="Levy" /> Shahaf filed a ] lawsuit against the newspaper in December 2007 charging that ''Haaretz's'' coverage had "led investors to flee" from one of his inventions and demanding 400 million ] (US $103 million) in damages.<ref>{{cite news|title=400 million lawsuit against Haaretz|url=http://www.nrg.co.il/online/4/ART1/667/290.html|work=NRG|language=Hebrew|date=December 5, 2007}}</ref> Israeli newspapers ''Haaretz'' and the ''Jerusalem Post'' claimed that Shahaf had no ballistics experience and ''Haaretz'' described the investigation as "dubious."<ref name="Cygielman"/> His previous involvement in raising doubts about the identity of Rabin's killer became the subject of controversy.<ref name="Schwartz"/> Shahaf, however, claims he spent months painstakingly collecting footage from reluctant cameramen and splicing the pieces together in rough temporal order to create an unbroken film of the day.<ref name="Gutmann"/> Shahaf believes that al-Durrah was not killed by the IDF and may still be alive.<ref name="TempleRaston"/>


In December 2007, following ''Haaretz's'' report on his work, which op-ed writer ] described as an "eccentric obsession," <ref name="Levy"/> Shahaf filed a ] lawsuit against the newspaper charging that ''Haaretz's'' coverage had caused investors to back out of financing one of his inventions. He filed for 400 million ] (US$103 million) in damages.<ref name="Lawsuit"/>
==Notes==
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==References== ==References==
⚫ {{reflist|refs=
⚫ *Cygielman, Anat (2000). , ''Haaretz'', November 7, 2000, accessed March 22, 2010.
⚫ *] (2003). , ''The Atlantic'', June 2003, accessed March 21, 2010.


<ref name=Fallows>.</ref>
⚫ ==External websites==

<ref name="Lord"></ref>

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<ref name="CordesmanMoravitz">{{cite book|last1=Cordesman|first1=Anthony|last2=Moravitz|first2=Jennifer|title=The Israeli-Palestinian war: escalating to nowhere|page=372|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=2005|isbn=978-0-275-98758-9}}</ref>

<ref name="Cygielman">.</ref>

<ref name="CNN"> AP - November 27, 2000 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215034538/http://archives.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/meast/11/27/israel.boys.death.ap/ |date=February 15, 2008 }}</ref>

<ref name="Schwartz">Schwartz, Adi (2007). "", ''Haaretz'', November 8, 2007, accessed January 24, 2010.</ref>

<ref name="Levy">Levy, Gideon. . ''Haaretz'', October 7, 2007, accessed October 23, 2008.</ref>

<ref name="Gutmann">''The other war: Israelis, Palestinians, and the struggle for media supremacy'', Stephanie Gutmann, Encounter Books, 2005, p. 75.</ref>

<ref name="TempleRaston">{{cite news|last=Temple-Raston|first=Dina|title=Engineer Casts Doubt on Veracity of Claims That Israelis Killed Palestinian Boy in 2000|url=http://www.nysun.com/foreign/engineer-casts-doubt-on-veracity-of-claims-that/10581/|work=The New York Sun|date=March 15, 2005}}</ref>

<ref name="Lawsuit">{{cite news|title=400 million lawsuit against Haaretz|url=http://www.nrg.co.il/online/4/ART1/667/290.html|work=NRG|language=Hebrew|date=December 5, 2007}}</ref>

<ref name="Guysen"> ] interviews Nahum Shahaf ()</ref>

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===Bibliography===
⚫ *Cygielman, Anat (2000). , ''Haaretz'', November 7, 2000, accessed March 22, 2010.
⚫ *] (2003). , ''The Atlantic'', June 2003, accessed March 21, 2010.

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Israeli physicist

Nahum Shahaf (Hebrew: נחום שחף) is an Israeli physicist who specializes in ballistics and film technology.

Biography

Nahum Shahaf earned a Master of Physics degree from Bar-Ilan University in 1977. Throughout most of the 1980s, he worked on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), which Israeli journalist Amnon Lord described as placing Shahaf "among the leading developers" of the technology. According to his curriculum vitae, Shahaf worked primarily on UAV optical tracking systems, before shifting his focus to missile systems and inventing over the next decade. In 1997, he received an Israeli Ministry of Science award for creativity for his work on compressed digital video transmission.

Al-Durrah investigation

Muhammad al-Durrah was a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, reported to have been shot and killed by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) gunfire on September 30, 2000. Shahaf, noticing what he considered an anomaly in the video footage of the shooting, contacted Major General Yom Tov Samia, head of the Israel's Southern Command. Shahaf proposed that he and Joseph Doriel, an engineer Shahaf had previously collaborated with on conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, should investigate the incident. Samia agreed, and on October 23, 2000, Shahaf helped arrange a re-enactment at an IDF shooting range, in front of a CBS 60 Minutes camera crew. In late November 2000, the investigators concluded, based on the angles and rate of fire, that Israeli troops had probably not shot the boy.

Israeli newspapers Haaretz and the Jerusalem Post claimed that Shahaf had no ballistics experience and Haaretz described the investigation as "dubious." His previous involvement in raising doubts about the identity of Rabin's killer became the subject of controversy. Shahaf, however, claims he spent months painstakingly collecting footage from reluctant cameramen and splicing the pieces together in rough temporal order to create an unbroken film of the day. Shahaf believes that al-Durrah was not killed by the IDF and may still be alive.

In December 2007, following Haaretz's report on his work, which op-ed writer Gideon Levy described as an "eccentric obsession," Shahaf filed a defamation lawsuit against the newspaper charging that Haaretz's coverage had caused investors to back out of financing one of his inventions. He filed for 400 million shekels (US$103 million) in damages.

References

  1. The Mohamad A-Dura affair: a gross imposture? MENA interviews Nahum Shahaf (Copy)
  2. Who Killed Muhammad Al-Dura? Blood Libel-- Model 2000 Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs Amnon Lord 15 July 2002
  3. (in Hebrew) נחום שחף - קורות חיים
  4. Fallows 2003.
  5. Cordesman, Anthony; Moravitz, Jennifer (2005). The Israeli-Palestinian war: escalating to nowhere. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 372. ISBN 978-0-275-98758-9.
  6. ^ Cygielman 2000.
  7. Israel claims Palestinian gunmen may have shot boy in high-profile killing AP - November 27, 2000 Archived February 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  8. Schwartz, Adi (2007). "In the footsteps of the al-Dura controversy", Haaretz, November 8, 2007, accessed January 24, 2010.
  9. The other war: Israelis, Palestinians, and the struggle for media supremacy, Stephanie Gutmann, Encounter Books, 2005, p. 75.
  10. Temple-Raston, Dina (March 15, 2005). "Engineer Casts Doubt on Veracity of Claims That Israelis Killed Palestinian Boy in 2000". The New York Sun.
  11. Levy, Gideon. Mohammed al-Dura lives on. Haaretz, October 7, 2007, accessed October 23, 2008.
  12. "400 million lawsuit against Haaretz". NRG (in Hebrew). December 5, 2007.

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