Response to the 'PR Attack' by Israeli Minister Planned

by i believe my name is on the document.., Fri Jan 23, 2009 21:59

It's too early to offer a comprehensive analysis of how and where either geographically or cyber-globally the Israeli propaganda machine has succeeded in pushing its spin. But there are obviously some places worth noting where the efforts have not paid off & naturally those appeals for volunteers to blog or comment on behalf of the Israel state as reported in Haaretz and mentioned on this site were well noted for their emergent network value.

anyway -

The European call back two weeks ago to protest the slaughter in Gaza saw about 20,000 people mobilised to march in Barcelona, amongst whom were counted the current minister of the interior and leader of the eco-communist party ICV, Joan Saura. Immediately after his participation Shutz and right-wing interests rounded on his presence as minister with responsibility for policing such gigs and @ least a bit of a peek at anti-jihadist investigations and stuff in what they termed a "pro-Palestinian" if not "pro-Hamas" march. They also connected his presence there with his abscence at a recent Holocaust memorial event - perhaps he inadvertently had made the sloppy mistake of providing ammunition to those who can afford it.

However, the regional Catalan government tripartite coalition are old hands at handling such complaints and have surely noticed the boom in PLO scarfs. It stayed pretty local politics. We may pause to consider how whoever makes PLO scarves these days has decided to make them multi-coloured before distributing them throughout Europe to be sold or hawked by illegal migrants working if at best - "on a paltry minimum wage".

But for once it wasn't in either Catalonia the seat of the Mediterrranean Union or Madrid's ZP image conscious support for the Egyptian ceasefire proposals with juxtapoised double visits by the Spanish Foreign minister and Spanish Defence minister to Jordan & Lebanon.

Nope.

instead it was the two city enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla which Spain holds on the African continent's Morrocan coast just opposite Gibraltar ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceuta http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melilla ) who got to present an extraordinarily united front (all political parties left to right and all muslim collectives) in condemning the Israeli attack on Gaza.

Quite simply coz ambassador Shutz when speaking to the "New Economy Forum" said that Spain has two fences in Ceuta and Melilla to protect itself from migration and Israel built its wall to protect its citizens" http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/reglas/han...8/Tes he was up to the usual scurrulous Israeli propaganda forked tongue mischief.

Ceuta and Melilla are legally sovreign territory belonging to the Spanish state with majority muslim populations who constitutionally administer their affairs as autonomous regions of a comparatively democratic state their fences are part funded by the European Union and jointly policed by both Spanish state and the Morrocan state dsepite its irrendentist claims to both cities.

Sure God, only one of them Ceuta / Melilla citizens ever got sent to Guantanamo but he came out the other end 3 years later.

don't forget to tell your kids what Gitmo was....... shush you wee langer one more stroppiness out of you and you're off to Gitmo!

So even if we indulge the people of Ceuta & Melilla and forget articles such as "How high can you jump for the beautiful life?" http://www.indymedia.ie/article/71750 & "Really!!!! how high can you jump for the beautiful life" http://www.indymedia.ie/article/72231 which explained how the EU's migrant barbed wire is in fact the longest toughest nastiest unseen thing which has never got graffiti.....

Their united declaration is completely true as it can be read by people who'd bother to check the source link below.

Israel had not legal right under international law to build its wall.
Israel ought to be held responsible under international law for its crimes

by tagger Tue Jan 20, 2009 21:42

Here is a small but very important piece of PR

Watch CH4 on Thursday night the 22/1/09 at 11.05 unseen footage of the collective punishment of the Palestinians in Gaza, the Zionists have been rumbled, now let the civilised world know about it.

by ec Tue Jan 20, 2009 13:27

The footage is available on the al jazeera english language website - they released a lot of their footage of events in Gaza under a creative commons license

by Bazooka Joe Mon Jan 19, 2009 20:39

Israels Immigrant Absorption Ministry is setting up a new network of propaganda bloggers who speak foreign languages. Volunteers who send the Absorption Ministry their contact details by e-mail, at media@moia.gov.il, will be registered according to language, and then passed on to the Foreign Ministry's media department, whose personnel will direct the volunteers to Web sites deemed "problematic."

http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1056648.html

P.S. Is the footage you are showing available on download anywhere?

by ec Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:44

In a format that can be screened elsewhere. It would be good to see this screened soon in Cork, Galway etc. More signatures for the letter still being sought. This is an ongoing initiative and anyone can help a bit with it by raising awareness in whatever way.

by nice one! Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:11

Hope it works out and people turn out to support this action, can't make it but would love to see photo's here after.

by Good information sources on situation in Gaza Mon Jan 19, 2009 03:04

http://angryarab.blogspot.com/
http://leninology.blogspot.com/
http://www.freegaza.org/

by ec/ld Mon Jan 19, 2009 02:43

Cllr. Mick Barry Socialist Party
Cllr. Clare Daly Socialist Party

by passing it on Mon Jan 19, 2009 01:52

http://www.indymedia.ie/attachments/jan2009/01_track_1.mp3

Wednesday January 14, 2009 20:08 author by paul o tooleauthor email pauljotoole at eircom dot netauthor phone 086-351-2469

Happy war, christmas is over

I wrote thisong last night and recorded it today with the help of the youngest drummer in Ireland, Liamo age 12. He' drumming for peace he said.Thanks Liamo
Anyway. With all the hypocracy from our politicians...Barry Andrews, Michael Martin, and Wioot O'Dea all condemning Israel invading Palestine they should be called out for their forked tongue in cheek commentry. They may say they condemn the killing of innocent people but leave our Shanon airport open to The US to supply all the hardware they need to do the killing that they say they condenm....one dispairs.....

by more Mon Jan 19, 2009 01:47

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/90691

Afri are organising an artistic protest event that will take place outside
the Israeli Embassy, Pembroke Road, Dublin (opp. Jury's Hotel), from 11.30am
until 12 noon TOMORROW Monday 19th January.

Leitrim-based artist Tracy Walsh will create an artistic installation, "If",
composed of babies' vests and toddler t-shirts placed on bamboo crossframes.

Piper Eoin Dillon of Kila will play a lament for the victims of the Israeli
assault on Gaza.

If ..
"If I hadn't been born in Gaza .. "
"If I wasn't Palestinian .. "
"If my mother hadn't brought me to the UN school .. "
"If the Israeli army hadn't dropped phosphorus bombs .. "
"If more than 30 UN resolutions on Israel had been acted on .. "

If ..

Many artists, musicians, actors and members of the Irish arts community will
attend.

Please come along if you can, and/or spread the word about the event among
people you know.

by JB Mon Jan 19, 2009 01:05

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