'''Charles Enderlin''' is a franco-Israeli journalist, specializing in the Middle East and Israel.

Enderlin came to international public attention in September 2000, when he provided the voice-over for a controversial France 2 report that triggered the Muhammad al-Durrah affair, during which Enderlin reported Israeli soldiers had killed a Palestinian boy, one of the key events at the start of the Second Intifada. Enderlin's reporting of the incident sparked a controversy in France about journalistic standards and freedom of speech.<ref name=Schwartz>Schwartz, Adi. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/919557.html In the footsteps of the al-Dura controversy], ''Haaretz'', November 08, 2007.</ref> 

== Biography == 
Enderlin was born in Paris in 1945, and grew up in Metz with his divorced mother, his sister and his grandparents, a family of Austrian Jews who moved to France after the ''Anschluss''. He studied medicine in Nancy, before leaving for Israel in December 1968 at the age of 22 to live on a kibbutz. 

In 1971, he became a journalist with an Israeli radio station. Two years later, he became correspondent of RMC, and the next year, senior editor at the news department of ''Kol Israel''. At the beginning of the 1970s, he acquired Israeli citizenship. <!--please provide an English-language citation or translate the relevant section of French one on Talk; also why is this relevant? Charles Enderlin is an admirer of ''Judenstaat'' (''The Jewish State''). He refers to citations like the parts where Theodor Herzl recommends confining religious leaders "in temples, like we will confine the professional army to its barracks" [http://mapage.noos.fr/nmullier/ecjs/racisme/enderlin.html].-->

In 1981, he became a correspondent with the French television channel ''Antenne 2'', acquiring the title of ''grand reporter'' in 1988 ("''grand reporter''" is a senior title in the French media). Three years later, he became chief of the Israel bureau of ''France 2'', the new name of ''Antenne 2''. As of 2005, he was also vice-president of the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents in Jerusalem.
 
He has studied and written extensively on the political and diplomatic process of normalization between Israel and the peace negotiations in Camp David in 2000. This became an important part of his book ''Shattered Dreams'', published in 2002. [http://www.frontlist.com/detail/1590510607] [http://www.worldpress.org/library/books/book_page.cfm/hurl/bookId=56]--> <!--needs citation from a reputable source, preferably in English so that readers can check it out. It's not clear what's meant here by "some circles of the French Jewish intelligentsia close to the Israeli far right wing'' Sounds arguably POV: His book ''Shattered Dreams'', and his involvement in the "Al-Dura affair" (''see [Muhammad al-Durrah]'') induced outrage in some parts of Israeli public opinion, as well as in some circles of the French Jewish intelligentsia close to the Israeli far right wing [http://www.zescoop.com/news.php?id=1330]. -->

== Muhammad al-Durrah reportage and lawsuits ==
In September 2000, footage of the reported shooting in the Gaza Strip of a Palestinian boy, Muhammad al-Durrah, was broadcast by France 2. Narrating the footage, though not present during the incident, Enderlin stated that al-Durrah had been killed by shots fired from Israeli positions. He came under intense criticism from some French commentators, who asserted that Enderlin had no way of knowing, at the time of his report, whether the boy had been killed by Israeli fire, or even whether he had been killed at all.<ref name=Schwartz/> An aggressive campaign on the Internet asserted that the report was part of a conspiracy to poison international opinion against Israel.<ref name="barluet">Alain Barluet & Stéphane Durand-Souffland. "[http://www.lefigaro.fr/international/2008/07/02/01003-20080702ARTFIG00002-intifada-cette-video-qui-dechaine-les-passions.php Intifada : cette vidéo qui déchaîne les passions]". ''Le Figaro'', 1 July 2008.</ref>

On Cour de cassation, France's highest court.<ref name="barluet" /><ref name="liberation210508">"[http://www.liberation.fr/actualite/ecrans/327461.FR.php Reportage sur la mort d'un enfant palestinien: Charles Enderlin débouté en appel]", ''Libération'', May 21, 2008.</ref><ref>"[http://www.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUSL21033039 French court: Claim that Al-Dura tape doctored isn't libelous]". Reuters, 21 May 2008</ref>

'''Charles Enderlin''' (né en français et israélien. Il est le correspondant à Jérusalem de la chaîne de télévision France 2.

== Jeunesse ==

Après le divorce de leurs parents, sa sœur et lui sont élevés en Juifs autrichiens qui ont fui l’''Anschluss'' en 1938.

Pendant les manifestations étudiantes de mai 1968, il est membre du comité de grève de la faculté de médecine de émigrer vers Israël pour vivre dans un kibboutz. Il prend la nationalité israélienne au début des années 1970.

== Carrière ==

Il entre en journalisme en 1971 pour une radio israélienne. En 1973, il devient correspondant de RMC et l'année suivante éditeur à Kol Israel.

En 1981, il devient le correspondant à Jérusalem de la chaîne de télévision française Antenne 2 (devenue France 2) et acquiert le titre de grand reporter en 1988. En 1991, il est le chef du bureau de France 2 en Israël. Il est également vice-président de l'Association des correspondants de la presse étrangère à Jérusalem. Ses reportages sur le conflit israélo-palestinien ont suscité des réactions hostiles des partisans des deux camps.

== La controverse sur la mort de Mohamed Al-Durah ==

Parmi ses reportages, les images tournées le  par le caméraman Talal Abou Rahmeh au carrefour de Netzarim dans la bande de Gaza, sont parmi celles qui ont provoqué le plus de réactions en France, au début de la Seconde Intifada. Abou Rahmeh a filmé et Enderlin commenté la mort dans une fusillade de Mohamed Al-Durah, un enfant palestinien).

L'armée israélienne, après une enquête, a affirmé que les tirs ne provenaient pas de la position israélienne.

Dans plusieurs entretiens dans la presse ou les émissions de médiation de France 2, Charles Enderlin a affirmé chercher l'objectivité dans ses reportages et ses commentaires. Il affirme dans ''Le Monde'' du 30 novembre 2004 : .