Skip to content or view mobile version

Home | Mobile | Editorial | Mission | Privacy | About | Contact | Help | Security | Support

A network of individuals, independent and alternative media activists and organisations, offering grassroots, non-corporate, non-commercial coverage of important social and political issues.

Rules of Zionist Propaganda

Free Palestine | 15.11.2002 20:42

A glimpse into the workings of UK-based Zionist propaganda.


1) Draw direct parallels between Israel and Britain. From history to culture to values, the closer you define the similarities between Israel and Britain, the more likely you are to win the support of those who are neutral. Think and say "And what would Britain do under similar circumstances?"


2) Four words "democracy," "freedom," "security," and "peace" are at the core of the Western political, economic social and cultural system. They should be repeated as often as possible.


3) Explain why a threat to Israel is a threat to Britain and the West. Will British lives be lost following a new Middle East war? Will Middle East terrorism come to England, Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales?


4) Promote Anwar Sadat and King Hussein BEFORE you de-legitimize Arafat. You need to SHOW it, not say it. Compare Arafat with Anwar Sadat or King Hussein. "Sadat...King Hussein ...people of courage in the Arab world that have stood up to terrorists, told their people to put down their guns, and made peace with Israel." But Yasser Arafat?


5) Explain the difference between Israel not complying with UN resolutions and Iraq’s non-compliance. Israel is a democracy Iraq is a dictatorship. The resolutions against Iraq come under the heading ofChapter 7 the UN Charter dealing with Threats to Peace whereas the resolutions relating to Israel fall under Chapter 6 of the Charter dealing with Pacific settlements of Disputes - and they are substantially different in terms of International Law.


6) Oslo matters a lot. Oslo was a Treaty, not a technicality. Emphasize Arafat's signature. Emphasize what he agreed to. "The same man who signed the Oslo Accord is the same man who signed the checks that paid the terrorists. That man is Yasser Arafat. And when he signed those checks, he signed away his credibility, his integrity, and his honour "


7) Differentiate between Arafat and the Palestinian people. There was an immediate and clear distinction between the empathy people felt for the Palestinians and the scorn they directed at Arafat. If it looks like you are attacking the Palestinian people as well as Arafat, your message will be ignored - or even backfire. Right now, there is a lot of sympathy with the plight of the Palestinians, and that sympathy will increase if you fail to differentiate.


8) Do not directly compare the situation in Israel to America on September 11th. There was no war in New York or Washington, no dispute about the US occupying any land, no history of hatred etc., and the West sees the two situations differently, and comparing the two undermines your credibility. You can say that it is legitimate to go after leaders of terrorist groups as the Americans and the British have done in Afghanistan, but take care in the wording (see Conclusion: Don'ts And Do's). You can say that unfortunately thousands of innocent civilians have died in campaigns in which Britain has been involved recently, e.g. Afghanistan and Bosnia


9) Explain your principles. Both Arab and Israeli spokespeople go right into an attack against the other, and virtually no one on either side explains the principles behind their actions. People respond much better to facts, actions and results when they know why - not just how. And use rhetorical questions. "Can there be true peace without security?"


10) The nation that is perceived as being most for peace will win this debate. It does not matter how it is said or who says it. Every time someone made the plea for peace, the reaction is positive. If you were to do a media content analysis, you'd find that the Palestinian spokespeople are using the peace word much more than the Israelis - and it is working. If we want to regain the public relations advantage, peace should be at the core of whatever message we wish to convey.


11) You can't please everyone. Some people cannot be moved to support Israel no matter what words, themes or language you use. Your goal is to inform and empower your supporters and educate the neutrals. Leave the hostiles alone.

Free Palestine
- Homepage: http://www.british-israel-group.org

Comments

Display the following 2 comments

  1. and.... — shlomi sloaney
  2. Dublin Tram Drivers — David Lloyd (ben Yaacov Yehuda) Klepper
Upcoming Coverage
View and post events
Upcoming Events UK
24th October, London: 2015 London Anarchist Bookfair
2nd - 8th November: Wrexham, Wales, UK & Everywhere: Week of Action Against the North Wales Prison & the Prison Industrial Complex. Cymraeg: Wythnos o Weithredu yn Erbyn Carchar Gogledd Cymru

Ongoing UK
Every Tuesday 6pm-8pm, Yorkshire: Demo/vigil at NSA/NRO Menwith Hill US Spy Base More info: CAAB.

Every Tuesday, UK & worldwide: Counter Terror Tuesdays. Call the US Embassy nearest to you to protest Obama's Terror Tuesdays. More info here

Every day, London: Vigil for Julian Assange outside Ecuadorian Embassy

Parliament Sq Protest: see topic page
Ongoing Global
Rossport, Ireland: see topic page
Israel-Palestine: Israel Indymedia | Palestine Indymedia
Oaxaca: Chiapas Indymedia
Regions
All Regions
Birmingham
Cambridge
Liverpool
London
Oxford
Sheffield
South Coast
Wales
World
Other Local IMCs
Bristol/South West
Nottingham
Scotland
Social Media
You can follow @ukindymedia on indy.im and Twitter. We are working on a Twitter policy. We do not use Facebook, and advise you not to either.
Support Us
We need help paying the bills for hosting this site, please consider supporting us financially.
Other Media Projects
Schnews
Dissident Island Radio
Corporate Watch
Media Lens
VisionOnTV
Earth First! Action Update
Earth First! Action Reports
Topics
All Topics
Afghanistan
Analysis
Animal Liberation
Anti-Nuclear
Anti-militarism
Anti-racism
Bio-technology
Climate Chaos
Culture
Ecology
Education
Energy Crisis
Fracking
Free Spaces
Gender
Globalisation
Health
History
Indymedia
Iraq
Migration
Ocean Defence
Other Press
Palestine
Policing
Public sector cuts
Repression
Social Struggles
Technology
Terror War
Workers' Movements
Zapatista
Major Reports
NATO 2014
G8 2013
Workfare
2011 Census Resistance
Occupy Everywhere
August Riots
Dale Farm
J30 Strike
Flotilla to Gaza
Mayday 2010
Tar Sands
G20 London Summit
University Occupations for Gaza
Guantanamo
Indymedia Server Seizure
COP15 Climate Summit 2009
Carmel Agrexco
G8 Japan 2008
SHAC
Stop Sequani
Stop RWB
Climate Camp 2008
Oaxaca Uprising
Rossport Solidarity
Smash EDO
SOCPA
Past Major Reports
Encrypted Page
You are viewing this page using an encrypted connection. If you bookmark this page or send its address in an email you might want to use the un-encrypted address of this page.
If you recieved a warning about an untrusted root certificate please install the CAcert root certificate, for more information see the security page.

Global IMC Network


www.indymedia.org

Projects
print
radio
satellite tv
video

Africa

Europe
antwerpen
armenia
athens
austria
barcelona
belarus
belgium
belgrade
brussels
bulgaria
calabria
croatia
cyprus
emilia-romagna
estrecho / madiaq
galiza
germany
grenoble
hungary
ireland
istanbul
italy
la plana
liege
liguria
lille
linksunten
lombardia
madrid
malta
marseille
nantes
napoli
netherlands
northern england
nottingham imc
paris/île-de-france
patras
piemonte
poland
portugal
roma
romania
russia
sardegna
scotland
sverige
switzerland
torun
toscana
ukraine
united kingdom
valencia

Latin America
argentina
bolivia
chiapas
chile
chile sur
cmi brasil
cmi sucre
colombia
ecuador
mexico
peru
puerto rico
qollasuyu
rosario
santiago
tijuana
uruguay
valparaiso
venezuela

Oceania
aotearoa
brisbane
burma
darwin
jakarta
manila
melbourne
perth
qc
sydney

South Asia
india


United States
arizona
arkansas
asheville
atlanta
Austin
binghamton
boston
buffalo
chicago
cleveland
colorado
columbus
dc
hawaii
houston
hudson mohawk
kansas city
la
madison
maine
miami
michigan
milwaukee
minneapolis/st. paul
new hampshire
new jersey
new mexico
new orleans
north carolina
north texas
nyc
oklahoma
philadelphia
pittsburgh
portland
richmond
rochester
rogue valley
saint louis
san diego
san francisco
san francisco bay area
santa barbara
santa cruz, ca
sarasota
seattle
tampa bay
united states
urbana-champaign
vermont
western mass
worcester

West Asia
Armenia
Beirut
Israel
Palestine

Topics
biotech

Process
fbi/legal updates
mailing lists
process & imc docs
tech