So let's see: Israel did not actually say the person was related to Al Quaeda, but that rumor has it. Unlike other "rumor has it" stories of the anti-Israeli folks (you know, the "rumors" about the Jenin massacre etc.), Israel actually took time to check the rumor and openly declared that it was proven false.
And unlike, say, The Guardian and its belated "retraction" of a blood libel about the organ-harvesting stuff, it did so on its own, without fighting tooth and nail to keep it in its arsenal as long as possible.
It's ironic that Israel treats its sworn enemies with more fairness than many alleged "zionists" or "supporters" of an Israel which "more in sorrow than in anger" savage it with every rumor that comes down the pike.
