{"id":4268,"date":"2009-01-14T10:24:06","date_gmt":"2009-01-14T16:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/?p=4268"},"modified":"2009-01-14T10:24:06","modified_gmt":"2009-01-14T16:24:06","slug":"a-different-point-of-view-regarding-the-israeli-occupation-of-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/2009\/01\/14\/a-different-point-of-view-regarding-the-israeli-occupation-of-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"A different point of view regarding the Israeli occupation of Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you think that you’re getting a neutral perspective of the Israeli occupation of Gaza when you rely on the U.S. media?\u00a0 Think again.\u00a0 Ask yourself this simple question: Where can you get a carefully-documented viewpoint that <em>you<\/em> would have if <em>you <\/em>were a resident of Gaza?<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"style15\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediaed.org\/cgi-bin\/commerce.cgi?display=home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media Education Foundation<\/a> is making its 2003 film <em>Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land: U.S. Media and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict<\/em> available online for free. <\/span><span class=\"style15\">MEF is making its work freely available to demonstrate how the U.S. news media are covering the crisis.\u00a0 I contacted MEF and learned that it is now in the process of updating this 2003 video to include current events.\u00a0 In the meantime, you can view the 2003 video, which is excellent and still highly relevant. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pppl.org\/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Savicom&utm_campaign=MEF%20Film%20Offered%20Free%20Online&utm_term=www.pppl.org&utm_content=erichvieth%40sbcglobal.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">To view this excellent video, go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"style15\"><em>Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land <\/em>documents <\/span><span class=\"style15\">that Israel is waging <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">two <\/span>simultaneous battles.\u00a0 One of them involves bullets and bombs.\u00a0 The second involves a usurpation of the U.S. Media, through the use of a phalanx of PR firms, such as AIPAC (the most powerful foreign lobby in Washington), designed to dominate the U.S. with news from the Israeli perspective.\u00a0 This Israeli propaganda machine is stunningly effective, convincing Americans and their Leaders that there is nothing wrong with the decades-long foreign (and according to the U.N., <em>illegal<\/em>) occupation of Gaza. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"style15\">What’s being kept from Americans is that the conflict arises from an illegal occupation.\u00a0 There is almost no media recognition that this violence is taking place in <em>occupied <\/em>territory.\u00a0 IN fact, only 4% of American news reports indicate that the Gaza territory is <em>occupied <\/em>territory<em>. <\/em>Consider how much difference would it make to your understanding to be informed that the Israeli occupation amounts to a foreign military dictatorship of Gaza? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"style15\">Wouldn’t it also make a difference to Americans to learn that the Israeli-promoted “settlements” in the occupied territories are for the purpose of permanently annexing (= taking without permission) occupied land?\u00a0 Would it matter to hear that the Israelis have demolished more than 1,000 Palestinian homes to make way for Israeli “settlements”?\u00a0 The American media has whole-heartedly bought into the Israeli view that the illegal colonies in Gaza are merely “neighborhoods.”\u00a0 The legality of these “settlements” is rarely questioned by the U.S. media. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>If this information provided by <span class=\"style15\"><em>Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land <\/em>were freely available, U.S. support for Israel’s Gaza’s policies would plummet.\u00a0\u00a0 In Gaza, as everywhere, <a href=\"http:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/2009\/01\/12\/yet-another-example-of-why-sunshine-is-the-best-disinfectant\/\" target=\"_blank\">sunshine is a strong disinfectant. <\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This MEF video covers these issues and offers a perspective you won’t often see if you get your information only from the U.S. media.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pppl.org\/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Savicom&utm_campaign=MEF%20Film%20Offered%20Free%20Online&utm_term=www.pppl.org&utm_content=erichvieth%40sbcglobal.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Again, to view this excellent video, go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you think that you’re getting a neutral perspective of the Israeli occupation of Gaza when you rely on the U.S. media?\u00a0 Think again.\u00a0 Ask yourself this simple question: Where can you get a carefully-documented viewpoint that you would have if you were a resident of Gaza? 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