A quick guide to Israel’s PR methods:
1. We haven’t heard reports of deaths, will check into it;
2. The people were killed, but by a faulty Palestinian rocket/bomb;
3. OK we killed them, but they were terrorists;
4. OK they were civilians, but they were being used as human shields;
5. OK there were no fighters in the area, so it was our mistake. But we kill civilians by accident, they do it on purpose;
6. OK we kill far more civilians than they do, but look at how terrible other countries are!
7. Why are you still talking about Israel? Are you some kind of anti-semite?
Test this against the next interview you hear or watch.
Originally from Adam Johannes, Secretary of the Cardiff Stop the War Coalition from around 2014.
Still very true today if you’ve been following the details on the missile strike on Gaza’s hospital from a few weeks ago. Initially the claim from Israeli and American sources was that the strike was from a faulty Hamas missile. When various analysis showed otherwise, the narrative shifted to the hospital being a hiding ground for terrorists. When that narrative was not accepted, the response shifted again to simply crying over anti-semitism. Adam Johannes knew his stuff.
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Temple of Zagan 