TylerMC/propaganda

1971 Golda Meir passed a law in Israel that effectively 'wiped Palestine and Palestinians off the map'. Maps created in Israel do not show the green line or the Palestinian territories. To this day, Israel continues to deny the existence of the Palestinians as equals and continues to wipe the areas in which they live as well as most of the town names off the map.
Part of Israeli hasbara (propaganda) is that the Arab states, Persian states or Palestinians want to 'wipe them off the earth'. I challenge you to find that quote. It doesn't exist. The only one that exists involves Israeli leaders threatening to wipe the Palestinians off the map...which as I mentioned, they already did. Kudos to the multi-faith and human rights groups in the UK for rejecting Israeli propaganda and succeeding in its removal.

Nothing secret about the hasbara handbook. I've had a copy since 2000. It's an entertaining trip through how propaganda works. The sad thing is, those promoting it, actually believe the easily disproved BS they promote.

Remember, Israel thinks it's problem is what it is not what it does. They really don't get it. Propaganda 101 here.

They really don't get it. The article he's referring to in the 'Hamas Charter' was written by a rogue member on his own initiative in 1988 and was soundly denounced by Hamas. The person was speaking for himself, not the organization. The actual charter of Hamas reads like the US Federalist Papers and no, they've never been about getting rid of Israel, just Zionism, which is racist as that movement considers faith first, then race, rather than humanity, to be the measure of a person's worth. To get rid of Israel would be against the religion and the only people who've 'wiped' anyone off the map is the Israelis. Golda Meir made it her mission in 1971 which is why Arab towns have been removed from most Israeli maps.
I agree, 8,000 is enough. What about the over 60,000 rounds, missiles and bombs Israel threw back at Gaza? Give me a break. The Palestinians aren't building walls on Israeli land. They haven't stole Israeli homes, businesses or passed laws that prevent Israelis from moving around, having equal rights or even owning property. The Palestinians don't man the checkpoints, have tanks, blockade the borders or arbitrarily arrest people, imprison Israeli children and worse. Israel's PR problem exists because of Israel's behavior, period. Very few people hate Israel or even Jews. What they hate is what Israel has done to Judaism and what Israel in the name of Judaism has done to them. No amount of slick PR can erase a lie or injustice. All it can do is postpone the inevitable: the end of Zionism and the beginning of new reality where in Israel all people are created and treated equally regardless of their race, religion or origin. The racists will leave when this happens and the good people on both sides will stay. I for one look forward to that day. It's been long enough.

This is standard counter-propaganda technique and its used by both sides of many divisive issues whether Israel, homosexuality, abortion, global warming and more. This article will help you understand how it's done. The purpose is to create cognitive dissonance, aka confusion.

The kingpin of creating US Government support for Israel is these 'trips'. They're indoctrination and are carefully orchestrated to show only Israel's manufactured reality, rather than the actual reality. My recent trip to Israel didn't cost anywhere near this for two people...but then again, I stayed in East Jerusalem, Nablus and Bethlehem rather than 5-star hotels that bar non-Jewish natives from staying in them. And my guides were locals of all faiths, not just Ministry approved spin-meisters.

I reprinted the entire piece below on my blog. This is the original from Henry Siegman. Also see the six minute segment: Justifying War Crimes

Jon Snow, (UK, Channel 4) interviews Mr Mark Regev, the Israeli government spokesperson. This about weapons used in civilian areas that contravene Customary International Humanitarian Law. Watch what happens when Regev gets cornered by facts. This supports everything Siegman says as well.

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I'm loving this journalist Jon Snow. Watch what happens when the speaker for Israeli spin gets cornered here. Now if Jon Snow had only been in the US to take on President Bush and the issues with 9/11, perhaps we wouldn't have started two wars and killed over a million people. What he's doing is exactly what a journalist is supposed to do.