Tag Archives: Propaganda

Newseum honors newsman who ran guns for ethnic cleansing of Palestine

Newseum glorifies the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by honoring Hank Greenspun’s gun-running to Israel in the 1940s.

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The benedictions of Benzion Netanyahu’s racism

Teh late Benzion Netanyahu believed in unending conquest of Arabs till they accepted the higher morality of their overlords

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Bloomberg warns BDS will lead to ‘massacres’ as Park Slope Co-op holds initial vote on boycott tonight

New York pols are lining up against the effort to boycott Israeli goods in the Park Slope Food Co-op. Bloomberg says it will lead to massacres and Scott Stringer calls it “an anti-Semitic crusade.” Co-op members’ response? You won’t learn it from the ‘New York Times’ who didn’t think to ask.

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We’ve learned nothing since 9/11

Excepting a few marginalized journalists and thought leaders, most Americans have learned less than nothing about the causes of the September 11, 2001 attacks. In the wake of that dreadful day, and for years afterward, then-President Bush claimed, almost comically, … Continue reading

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NYT’s Keller implies Iraq War aimed to save Israel from a ‘holocaust’

NYT Executive Editor Bill Keller pens a tortured mea culpa about his support for the Iraq War, stopping short of a full apology because he “couldn’t have known better at the time.” Along the way, he drops this stunning revelation … Continue reading

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‘NYT’ editorial on stalemate reflects Israeli talking points

Ali Abunimah said it best: you can’t negotiate over sharing a pizza when your adversary is eating the pizza during the negotiations. Well, the New York Times is back with more editorial page propaganda that blames the Palestinian Authority for not … Continue reading

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Sorry, ‘Mother Jones’ but you’re piping the Israeli narrative of Gaza ‘war’

A response to “Sorry, Hamas, I’m Wearing Blue Jeans”, an article in Mother Jones written by Ashley Bates, currently doing journalism in the Gaza Strip, talking about Palestinian feminist Asma Al-Ghoul’s “defiant” confrontation with her Muslim society and dreams of … Continue reading

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Can a mythic figure called ‘Doctor Delegitimizer’ save Israel’s image in the eyes of young American Jews?

When Berkeley’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter (comprised of Jews, Palestinians, and many other diverse folks) launched a campaign to persuade the University of California student government and the UC Regents to divest from companies that profit from Israel’s occupation … Continue reading

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Don’t forget ‘The Atlantic”s pieties about who destroyed Palestine

Some around here are just shocked, shocked at the transparently pro-Israel propaganda masquerading as journalism in The Atlantic… but it seems to me this pub has been a tool of Israel’s Ministry of Disinformation for years. For instance, let’s go back to David … Continue reading

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Snippets of my youthful Zionist indoctrination

Political and military Zionism indoctrination snippets from my childhood: – I went to a Conservative Synagogue starting at age six, where we sang "The Blue and the White are Colors of Mine" while saluting an Israeli flag. Afterwards I asked … Continue reading

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