1 That's nuckin' futs.

2 The AP no longer has any credibility with anyone but the Left. They will do whatever, including faking the news, to advance the agenda of the Islamists and radicals on the Left. Here is another American institution that has been ruined.

3 Maybe it's just too early in the morning for me. Is the headline fake because there is really only one settler in the picture or is the original image not of a settler at all, thus adding to the fakery? I'm am assuming that the person in the undoctored photo is not a Jewish settler at all. Am I mistaken?

4 I can't find anyplace where this photo appeared except on Haaretz. It doesn't come up in a Yahoo News photo search. A Google search for the caption text turns up only one result: the Haaretz page. The attribution on Haaretz is merely "(AP)" with no photographer named. Usually AP photos are credited like "(AP/John Doe)" In summary, I am unconvinced that this ever was an Associated Press news photo. I think it's just as likely that Haaretz miscredited the image.

5 What, they hired Dan Rather?

6 Furthermore, now I don't even believe the story is an AP story! Tha Haaretz article also appears, word-for-word (only without their doctored photo, on the IMEMC website. Only there, it is credited to "IMEMC & Associated Press," whatever that means. It might mean that they used material from the real AP story by Bradley S. Klapper (which was quite a bit briefer), then edited and added to it themselves. (That would explain misspellings like "seperate" in their story.) If that's the case, it is wrong for Haaretz to credit the story only to "The Associated Press."

7 Thanks for the link Rusty.

8 Sean - I think you're right. I sent Rusty the original AP photo and caption from 1/15/06 which only has one settler. I found it on the AP photo database available through our public library, the credit there reads: (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

9 Theres no doubt that the liberal left-wing news media fake many of the photos you cant trust these reptiles