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Nov 27, 2023 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
RE:Israeli father whose daughter was taken hostage who said "It's better for her to be dead than a captive at their hands", only for her to be alive and released.
It makes perfect sense for him to think that way considering the amount of propaganda Israelis are subjected to.
There's an insane amount of propaganda in Israel, especially against Palestinians.
Read this article from 1993 to understand partially why.
RW governments in Israel NEED that hysterical fear to survive.
2002: Former Israeli Education Minister Shulamit Aloni:
51:02-Accusations of antisemitism against Israel's critics are "a trick we use" to suppress criticism of Israel coming from the USA, while for criticism coming from EU "we bring up the Holocaust."
democracynow.org/2002/8/14/isra…
From 1993 (the entire piece is interesting to read, and not sure why it was taken down), this definitely explains quite a bit.
I've been watching mostly in silence, because I've long since learned to accept that only people that want to learn will actually learn. This might not be one of my most informative threads, might not be one of my most comprehensive, but it'll probably be one of my most important