sábado, 18 de octubre de 2014

How the Israeli media covers massacres: Lessons from 1953 | +972 Magazine

How the Israeli media covers massacres: Lessons from 1953 | +972 Magazine

 

On
October 13, 1953, two IDF units killed 69 people in what came to be
known as the "Qibya massacre." The Israeli media worked tirelessly to
justify the whole thing.

Those same justifications are being deployed today to explain the latest assault on Gaza.

 Inhabitants of Qibya coming back in their village after its attack by israeli forces, October 1953. (photo:

Inhabitants of Qibya coming back in their village after its attack by israeli forces, October 1953. (photo: unknown)