There is a world of difference between lynching and executions ; executions, mostly never ever happened by chance . It is once conscious that should dictate once actions;
re Israeli security on scene preventing photographing Israeli victims of bombing attacks, us photographers in Israel do not know the answer wether it is a policy to prevent the other side rejoicing or it is a security issue on scene; on many occasions in the past bloody years of bombings those images indeed were taken despite serious harassments towards photographers but American publications have chosen not to publish most of those bloody scenes after readers complained. Then of course there are many of those who complain against the photographers for not photographing Israeli victims.

It is very interesting to have an open web debate where one can place his comments but the issue is entirely of decision makers like newspapers editors; the ultimate verdict is theirs ; you would never know an image like this exist if it was not printed.

For me to be a photographer during a war and to be called upon to record such henious acts, and to do so, would take an act of courage.

The AP Photographer Just Stood There While the Taliban Murdered Two Afghan Women. Then Phyllis Chesler puts the photograph on her blog and attacks The AP Photographer who Just Stood There While the Taliban Murdered Two Afghan Women.

We need the pictures and the documentaries and every kind of media. What we do NOT need is fake pictures from movies passed off as the real thing or dramatizations of stoning.