The al-Dura case, it seems to me, matters a great deal. Sarkozy seems willing to let the chips fall where they may, unlike Chirac. Pallywood and Jihad in general have become expert manipulators of Western media (and eager liars), but this piece of probable acting helped create a firestorm which the truth, when it emerges, will never have the power to extinguish.
Update on the story at EU Referendum.