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Using Daily Kos to promote Israeli propaganda

by shergald
Thu Feb 4th, 2010 at 11:54:12 AM EST

The Institute for Global Jewish Affairs did a study and found that Salon, Huffington Post and Daily Kos, large left wing blogs, were hotbeds of anti-Semitism! This belabored notion, that the left wing or the left wing blogosphere is anti-Semitic, of course, was immediately dismissed by Muzzlewatch, the anti-propaganda arm of Jewish Voice for Peace.

In contrast, however, it is also the case that left wing blogs like Daily Kos are being used by bloggers intent on plying Israeli propaganda in an apparent attempt to justify Israel's occupation and colonial activity under the guise of being left wing writings.

In this example diary, which attempts to look reasonably left wing, the following themes, right out of the Israeli hasbara (propaganda) play book, are evident:

Criticism of Israel is anti-Semitic
Criticism of Zionism is anti-Semitic
American left wing is anti-Semitic
Holocaust card
Goldstone report (Gaza atrocities) is biased against Israel

Terms relevant to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict like racism, occupation, colonialism, Apartheid, the basis of Israel criticism, are omitted at all costs. It is because we have freedom of speech in the blogosphere that such diaries are permitted and they should be. But observers also need to be cautious about accepting propaganda in the context of what otherwise looks like reasonable left wing discourse.

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Using Daily Kos to promote Israeli propaganda | 4 comments (4 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Using Daily Kos to promote Israeli propaganda (none / 1)

"But observers also need to be cautious about accepting propaganda in the context of what otherwise looks like reasonable left wing discourse."

Yes, I agree, wholeheartedly.

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Sat Feb 6th, 2010 at 03:55:34 AM EST

Israeli propaganda (none / 0)

of course Israelis don't like it but they seem to have had recently big propaganda problems with presenting their case (which is essentially the defense of indefensible) even on their favourite Western news channels. Even many Israelis abroad seem to understand this - recently I talked with one man from New Zealand. Many years ago he stayed in kubuza in Israel but later emigrated to New Zealand and Australia (he was shuttling between them) and currently is expat here in India. When I told him that Israel can be on the same board of shame as Saudi Arabia and Pakistan he replied he understood it as Israel's action year ago and continuing blockade of Gaza also outraged him, he wants to have nothing to do with Israel. I was surprised as it's not easy thing to denounce your own state.

by FarEasterner (avdavydov@yandex.ru) on Sun Feb 7th, 2010 at 11:40:24 AM EST

Re: Israeli propaganda (none / 0)

Looked it up:

The act of "Yerida" is condemned by Judaism,[citation needed] Zionism, and as a result also by the public opinion of the majority[citation needed] of Israelis in modern day Israel.
Among the most common reasons for emigration are most oftenly due to economic constraints, economic characteristics (U.S. and Canada have always been richer nations than Israel), disappointment with the Israeli government, Israel's ongoing security Issues, as well as the excessive role of religion in the lives of Israelis (The Israeli Chief Rabbinate retains amongst other exclusive control and has the final say in the state about virtually all matters pertaining to conversion to Judaism, the Kosher certification of foods, the status of Jewish marriages and divorces).
(snip)
In 1980 the Israeli government charged the deputy Prime Minister Simha Erlich and the Director of the Jewish Agency Shmuel Lahis to inquire into Israeli emigration to the United States. The Lahis Report estimated that there were 300,000 to 500,000 Israelis living in the United States, mainly in New York and Los Angeles.[3]
The Ministry of Immigration and Absorption released in November 2003 its estimate that 750,000 Israelis were living abroad, primarily in the United States and Canada - about 12.5 percent of the general Jewish population of Israel.[4]
The Ministry of Immigration and Absorption released in April 2008 its estimate that 700,000 Israelis were living abroad, of those, 450,000 were estimated to be living in the US and Canada.[5]

From Wikipedia.

by shergald on Sun Feb 7th, 2010 at 05:28:10 PM EST
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Re: Using Daily Kos to promote Israeli propaganda (none / 0)

This is the latest attempt to use Daily Kos to exploit Israeli propaganda, with all the trimmings. It is amazing how Daily Kos has shifted from a human rights perspective to supporting Israeli occupation and colonialism.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/2/7/153428/0464

Take a look.

by shergald on Mon Feb 8th, 2010 at 12:29:55 PM EST

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