Richard Landes on the propaganda war waged by the Palestinians
I’ve written many times about Richard Landes. He is a friend I met through blogging, but he also happens to be one of the greatest experts – perhaps the greatest expert – on the long history of successful Palestinian propaganda and Big Lies. He coined the phrase “Pallywood” and was responsible for the initial exposé of the duplicity of the al Durah video hyped by France 2 and the entire Arab world, used to garner support for the bloody Second Intifada. Landes has written a recent book on the subject of Palestinian propaganda that I have been planning to review, and although I haven’t finished it yet I’ll link it here: Can the Whole World Be Wrong?
Richard Landes lives in Israel now, and ever since the Hamas attack he’s been very active on Twitter (X). I suggest you click on that link and take a look at what he’s been writing. Here’s a sample (the first is in reference to the Gazans’ attempts to blame the hospital attack on Israel):
and all of a sudden we'll find out it was only a dozen dead. #PalestianLivesOnlyMatterWhenIsraelCanBeBlamed. https://t.co/KsrXs6hbqr
— Richard Landes (@richard_landes) October 18, 2023
who beheaded the babies? IDF not in Gaza.
it's not polite, but study this closely. that's how easily and convincingly muslim media people serving the cause can look you straight in the face and lie.
also how brazenly they accuse israel of what they do.#Pallywood #ProjectingEvil https://t.co/7eFpGQCcE1— Richard Landes (@richard_landes) October 17, 2023
— Richard Landes (@richard_landes) October 17, 2023
This is an amazing clip.
Kabiya from Tel Aviv, is lucid and passionate. Is this Islam? "Is this the Islamic religion that Hamas wears as a cloak?"
Great point about how jihadis (those who say yes, it is Islam) destroy states (Lebanon, Syria, Iraq) giving Iran an entry, while… https://t.co/GGUbJJ06QE— Richard Landes (@richard_landes) October 16, 2023
Much more can be found on Landes’ Twitter page. You can also read plenty on his blog.
NOTE: This is a good piece in Commentary about the hospital bombing and the abominable MSM press coverage of it, entitled: “How the NYT—and Others—Do Hamas’s Dirty Work.”
It’s beggers belief that so many “news” organizations evidently take so many proven terrorists claims as unvarnished truth even after all the recent events, let alone the long history of lies going back decades and decades. If Hamas (or Hezbollah or Iran or any major Islamic terrorist state or group) announced that water was wet, I would be compelled to re-confirm that personally.
I was going to link to the Podhoretz piece. Glad you beat me to it.
The “official” death toll put our by Hamas is also suspect. Actually, I don’t believe a word of what they say. But then I believe that I am a Rational Person that can separate the wheat from the shaft.
Actually, the entire “Palestinian” narrative, beginning in the 1960s, is an astounding propaganda success, twisting history to suit its ends.
Kate:
Beginning much earlier than that,
Actually the soviets turned the wurlitzer on around 71 with arafat mazen and the other team haddad all as operatives.
Why do people seem so surprised when Moslems lie to the world? I’ve been told the Koran instructs that it fine to lie to nonbelievers. Other than that, people lie all the time. Including the news media.
If the leftist media did not believe that the propaganda war waged by the Palestinians served their agenda they’d ignore it and if the Palestinian’s propaganda opposed the left’s lies they’d portray the Palestinians the way they do the Israelis. Both totalitarian ideologies (progressivism and Islam) are bereft of moral principles, both rationalize their lies and both seek total power and control of everyone.
The antisemitic politicization of medicine is finally getting some pushback: The Emory Winship Cancer Center in Atlanta placed a hematologist on leave for posting a pro-Palestinian bit of doggerel on social media.
“Dr. Abeer Abou-Yabis, who serves as a hematologist and assistant professor at Emory University, has been with the institution since 2018. Her photo and profile page on the Emory University website have been removed. . . . Emory Winship Cancer Institute released a statement addressing the situation, expressing deep regret for any distress that Dr. Abou-Yabis’ comments may have caused. The statement also reaffirms their commitment to providing unbiased care to their patients.”
The doc was wearing a hijab in her profile photo. You can read her “poem” at the link:
https://news.yahoo.com/emory-physician-placed-leave-due-120432900.html