Disinformation and Propaganda

“When ancient theologies are used for modern political ends…” (Gospel according to Rabbi Lord Sacks)

Image: Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
 
 

Israelis may not behead innocent Palestinians but they sure as hell butcher them in huge numbers with high-tech weaponry paid for by America, then whine when their victims hit back with whatever unsophisticated devices they can lay hands on…

 
 

UK Independence Party hugs another Friend of Israel

Image: UKIP leader Nigel Farage (left) with Douglas Carswell during a press conference in central London where the Conservative MP defected to his party. Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire
 
 

Being a Friend of Israel, of course, means embracing the whole rotten kit and caboodle, including the terror and ethnic cleansing on which the state of Israel was built. It means embracing the dispossession at gunpoint and oppression of the native Palestinians. 

 
 

Cultures of Hate: Israelis, not Palestinians, Excel at Vengeance

Photo above: Nasser Shyoukhi     Jewish settlers attack elderly Palestinian woman while Israeli troops stand around and do nothing. From Hebron
 
 

As Human Rights Watch warned, Israel’s recent actions – mass arrests; armed raids; the killing of Palestinians, including minors; lockdowns of cities, house demolitions; and air strikes – amounted to “collective punishment”, international law’s euphemism for revenge, against Palestinians.