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| CNN Pumps Out Pallywood Propaganda |
| 2009-10-31 |
| Whatever the basic, unadorned facts of the Israeli-Arab conflict, they are continually distorted in favour of the Arab side by pressure groups like Amnesty International and media groups like the BBC and CNN with their tremendous reach, power and influence. CNN gives an extreme example of this distortion by pumping out blatant propaganda (pun intended) on the water issue, raised by Amnesty, which claimed that Israel was depriving the Palestinians of water. Here's Paula Hancocks: These two water wells here in Jabalya in northern Gaza were targeted on day one of Israel's military operation here in Gaza, which started back in December. I guess she imagines Israeli military commanders sitting around a table and deciding that one of their very first targets would be Gaza water so that Hamas members, dying of thirst, would eventually be unable to fight. As you can see it is completely destroyed. CNN wants you to see what it wants to see. It would have supplied water, we're told, to up to 40 000 people in this area. "Would have?" Is she herself saying, or has she been "told" that this was a brand new installation, not yet in operation, that the Israelis deliberately targeted as a war strategy? And why doesn't she name the teller of this tale? Now the water board tells us what they're trying to do now is recycle this material – they can't rebuild here – to try rebuild somewhere else.... Someone help me out here. There's apparently plenty water there but they are going to rebuild somewhere else, first having to look for another source of water? Why would they do that? The camera has followed her along past the alleged destruction and now she pauses next to a few main water pipes, apparently to allow the camera to dwell on more evidence of the "complete destruction." Perhaps CNN and Paula Hancocks would like to explain how the Israelis managed to neatly disconnect these apparently undamaged pipes from whatever they were connected to by targeting them with whatever they allegedly targeted them with? Would it ever cross what there is of a CNN reporter's mind, that those missing sections might now be in Israel as the remains of exploded Kassam rockets? ....because it's very difficult to get materials across the Israeli border into Gaza. I wonder why. Hancocks doesn't. Neither does she wonder about the fact that Gaza also has a border with its Egyptian brothers. Then she goes on to the Amnesty International "report." The whole clip takes just over a minute with an extraordinary amount of anti-Israel propaganda packed into it. And there is no mention at all of any Israeli response to the Amnesty allegations or the "targeting" of Jabaliya's water supply, as if the Israeli side to this story simply doesn't exist. This is CNN obediently relaying Pallywood to its audience worldwide, without any thought or editing whatsoever. Need something to back up and emphasise the Amnesty attack on Israel? Look, here's a destroyed water installation our Palestinian friends found for us! And not only has it been destroyed, it must have been deliberately destroyed by the Israelis because the Palestinians said so! No wonder so many people have the standard tunnel vision of Israel as the wicked colonial occupier and the Palestinians the innocent victims. Mod note: Link was incorrect. Good content and good comments, moved to Opinion. |
| Posted by:Bryan |
| #2 Bryan -- not to worry, the link has been fixed |
| Posted by: Sherry 2009-10-31 17:57 |
| #1 Thanks for posting my article and for the kind comments, Mod. Hell, I dunno what happened with the link. The video clip was titled Lack of water in Gaza camps and I wanted to see what you guys thought of it because it seemed doubtful to me that the installation had actually come under attack. I'm not clued up on these matters, but it seemed to be staged. I'll try the link again: http://insidethemiddleeast.blogs.cnn.com/2009/10/28/video-lack-of-water-in-gaza-camps/ If it doesn't work, I guess anyone interested could Google it. |
| Posted by: Bryan 2009-10-31 17:32 |