Palestinian News Organisations Fight An Information War
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Monday April 21, 2003 22:42
by Avi H.
Biased reporting from Palestinian Areas is the norm.
Irish perceptions of Israel and Jews have been shaped by Palestinian manipulation of news media. Unable to match Israel's military prowess on the battlefield, Palestinian Authority efforts have focussed on fighting an information war. In this, it has successfully blindsided Israel's defences. The main casualties are truth, the image of Israel and tolerance of Jews around the world. In Ireland, Palestinian propaganda and news manipulation have been particularly successful and chimed in with a traditional sympathy for the perceived underdog.
Palestinian tactics against foreign journalists, almost all of whom are unable to speak Arabic or Hebrew, who fail to report favourably to their cause include systematised intimidation, banning and even murder. The antipathy thus created among news consumers in Ireland has led to a climate anti-intellectual abuse and hatred of Jews and Israel.
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