Israeli propaganda

Illustrative photo of students completing assignments in a classroom. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

How British pro-Israel groups are rewriting Middle East history textbooks

Top UK publishing company withdraws new school books after study finds that the revised materials are ‘emphatically pro-Israel.’

By Aron Keller July 16, 2021

A still frame from the IDF Spokesperson's video.

When does propaganda go too far?

The Israeli army publishes a heavily edited video of a detained Palestinian man from Gaza being interrogated about Hamas tactics. The army won’t answer any questions about it. By Oren Ziv The Israeli army often claims that video clips published by B’Tselem and other human rights organizations in the occupied territories are mendaciously edited, and…

By Oren Ziv May 28, 2018

Israeli soldiers in battle with the Arab village of Sassa in the upper Galilee, October 1, 1948. (GPO)

Using education to normalize horrific acts of violence

This is how the Israeli education system makes it possible for generation after generation of Israelis to accept the most brutal forms of state violence. By Gil Gertel October provides Israelis a number of opportunities for self examination, one of which happened just a week ago, on October 14. On that night in 1953, 600 Israeli soldiers — half…

By +972 Magazine October 23, 2016

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A pro-Israel rally, Washington D.C, July 18, 2014 (photo: Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Catch him if you can: How a hasbara impostor fooled the Israeli Right

Thousands of Israelis fell in love with Wilhelm T. Roth, an Austrian aristocrat, strategic consultant and high-flying pro-Israel advocate, only to realize that he was in fact a 30-year-old small-time right-wing politico. It’s not him, it’s them: His fanciful stories of EU decision-makers warming to the Israeli narrative were just what they wanted to hear. By…

By +972 Magazine August 18, 2016

A Palestinian adjusts his mask during a protest near the Gaza border Strip, near Nahal Oz crossing, October 30, 2015. Since the beginning of October, more than 60 Palestinians have been killed in shootings and clashes with Israeli forces in the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel, while eight Israelis have been killed in knife and gun attacks. (photo: Ezz Zanoun/Activesills.org)

Palestinians aren’t trying to go to heaven — they are fleeing hell

Despite what Israeli leaders may have you believe, Islamic fundamentalism is not the driving force behind the latest violence. “Say a prayer before leaving your house, dress in your best clothing. Brush your hair well, and smile for the camera. You may end up as another poster on the bleeding walls of the city. No…

By Rami Younis November 3, 2015

Palestinian shepherd in Um Faqara prevented from reaching his land by IDF soldiers August 2012 (Activestills)

Overplaying the ‘terrorism’ card

The reaction to this week’s killings of two IDF soldiers showed that Israel’s moral condemnation of deliberate civilian killings is a tactic, no more. The most powerful argument Israel makes in its campaign to paint the Palestinians as the bad guys and itself as the good guy is to point out that Palestinians…

By Larry Derfner September 24, 2013

Roger Waters performing at Arrow Rock Festival, June 10, 2006. (Photo by Jethro / Wikicommons)

Roger Waters discusses boycott with Israel’s ‘newspaper of the nation’

The interview with rock n’ roll’s lead boycotter of Israel was published in Yedioth Ahronoth, but it could have been put out by the Ministry of Public Diplomacy. I love when Israelis describe the media here as “leftist,” and when polite foreigners describe it as “robust” and “independent.” It goes along with our “vibrant…

By Larry Derfner September 20, 2013

Tourists riding camels in Israel [illustrative] (photo: flickr / idovermani CC BY 2.0)

In response: The benefits of academic Israel programs

In response to Olga Gershenon’s critique of one-sided programs that bring American academics to discover Israel, one writer counters that those very programs are actually a step in the right direction, both due to the openness by which they are run and by the people they attract. By Brent E. Sasley Olga Gershenson wrote a strong critique…

By +972 Magazine February 11, 2013