Tag: Propaganda
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Historically Ignorant Israelis Are Easy Prey for Propagandists
By B. Michael Wars, by their very nature, are spaces where passions are released. It’s permissible to do everything that is impermissible in times of peace: kill, destroy, rob, loot, abuse, humiliate, become brutal and go wild. Therefore, to purify military actions, the combating parties apply propaganda, the purpose of which is to justify, conceal,…
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Biden Is Mad at Netanyahu? Spare Me
An infuriating, thuddingly predictable genre of article has emerged: the “Biden is really upset with Israel behind the scenes” story. By Jack Mirkinson The Washington Post published a report on Sunday with a dramatic claim: The relationship between Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu is terrible. From the Post (emphasis mine): “President Biden and his top…
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However Bad You Think Israel Is, It’s Worse
By Caitlin Johnstone So it turns out the IDF has been running a Telegram channel featuring homemade snuff films in which Gazans are brutally murdered by Israeli forces, captioned with celebrations of the gore and pain therein like “Burning their mother… You won’t believe the video we got! You can hear their bones crunch.” The…
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Israeli Media Became a Wartime Government Propaganda Arm
The Gaza war media coverage in Israel favors official accounts, downplays Palestinian suffering, and exhibits self-censorship, shifting toward propaganda over responsible journalism.
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‘Palestine Must Be Obliterated’: ‘Times of Israel’ Publishes, Deletes Article Calling for Genocide
By Palestine Chronicle Staff An article appeared in the popular Israeli newspaper The Times of Israel on Thursday, openly calling for the genocide of the Palestinian people. Though the piece seems to have been removed from the blog section of the website, it is still accessible through the digital library Internet Archive. The article had…
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Israel Propaganda Vs Palestine Propaganda
Caitlin Johnstone describes the contrasting nature of Israeli and Palestinian propaganda. She claims that Israeli outlets are projecting a nationalistic attitude and avoiding responsibility for infractions, while Palestinian sources are occupied with showing the humanitarian crisis, alleging civilian casualties, and reporting international condemnation of Israeli acts. She suggests that false narratives and alleged war crimes…
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When Anti, Anti-Zionism Becomes Anti-Semitism
Stephen F. Eisenman explores the conflict over the Mideast war in US academia, where accusations of anti-Semitism are leveled at faculty perceived as pro-Palestinian. Debates on Zionism and anti-Zionism expose further divisions, prompting complex discussions on Jewish identity, oppression, and dissent. By Stephen F. Eisenman Crisis in academia My friends in academia tell me they…
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The Familiar Propaganda of US Media Makes Horrors in Gaza Possible
The wars and the killing go on, day after day, year after year, out of sight and out of mind for most Americans. CodepinkBy Medea Benjamin & Nicolas J.S. Davies Family of a Palestinian baby, died in the Israeli airstrikes, mourn as they take the body from the morgue of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital for the…
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Evil Walks Among Us
The author warns against increasing government despotism, drawing parallels with authoritarian regimes of the past. The piece criticizes current societal complacency, compartmentalization, and fear-inducing tactics, asserting that such elements make the populace vulnerable to oppression and manipulation.
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What the media forgets to tell you about Israel and Gaza
Jonathan Cook opines that Israel’s actions towards Palestinians are a persistent ethnic cleansing rather than a means of self-defense. The systematic ‘Judaisation’ of Palestinian lands by moving Palestinians into small ghettos or expelling them has been an ongoing practice since before Israel’s establishment. Gaza, considered the largest Palestinian ‘reservation’, is seen as an example of…
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Israel, the West and Gaza: An international law of double standards?
Lawrence Davidson critiques Western leaders for calling Palestinian actions terrorist, while overlooking questionable practices by Israel. He criticizes them for ignoring the historical context of Israeli-Palestinian conflict and reducing complex issues to the term ‘terrorism’. He contends the violent response from Palestinians is, in many cases, inflamed by long-standing Israeli transgressions. Davidson highlights the discrepancy…
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“40 Babies Beheaded” Bullshit: Blatant Propaganda in the Israeli War On Palestine
The video criticizes establishment media for reusing propaganda narratives to justify the violence in Gaza. The link provided directs to support independent media. The views discussed are exclusively those of the author, and not necessarily representative of Information Clearing House’s perspectives.
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They’re Repeating The Word ‘Unprovoked’ Again, This Time In Defense Of Israel
Skillful manipulators make frequent use of a cognitive bias known as the illusory truth effect, a glitch in the way human minds tend to operate which makes it hard for us to differentiate between the experience of hearing a well-evidenced fact and the experience of hearing something that they’ve heard repeated multiple times. By Caitlin…
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The Top Ten Dumbest Things Empire Propagandists Ask Us To Believe
Caitlin Johnstone criticizes the US empire’s propaganda, highlighting ten fallacies including perceived aggression as defense against rivals, unchanging foreign policies despite different governments, and self-serving interference in international conflicts.
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“Propaganda’s casualties.”
This article by Cara MariAnna describes how, through anti-Russian propaganda, the US government manipulates public perception to promote their foreign policy, fostering ignorance, undermining democracy, and endangering international stability. Propaganda encourages a distorted worldview, damaging critical thinking and human relationships.