Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Pallywood 2017 - The meaning of the UNRWA-Becky Anderson gaffes by Richard Landes

In any universe of journalistic integrity, Enderlin would have lost his job 17 years ago – or at least over the course of the next 17 years. And Becky Anderson should lose her job yesterday. Don’t hold your breath. We live in a world where fake-news is a regular element of mainstream journalism.

Richard Landes..
Augean Stables..
06 June '17..

Those paying attention to matters of Pallywood, or the faking of news in order to target a given population with lethal narratives, had a double feast yesterday and today. First UNRWA, the UN agency for helping the Palestinian refugees, used a picture of a forlorn Syrian girl, living in ruins caused by the wars of rule and resistance in that part of the Arab political world, to relay a lethal narrative about Israel, all for the benefit of fundraising for the work of UNRWA.

Even those unaware of how much UNRWA employees are either Hamas agents or their dhimmis, can appreciate the moral degradation involved here. Appealing dishonestly to people’s pitying concern for Palestinians, by providing a heavy dollop of moral Schadenfreude about Israel, in order to raise money to prolong the victimization of Gazans.

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