AhlulBayt News Agency: Israel's propaganda strategies, by influencing the minds and emotions of global audiences, provide implicit support for the Zionist regime's repressive policies by making them indifferent to the massacre of Palestinians.
Over the past few decades, Israel has shaped global public opinion by using a powerful propaganda machine, distorting or hiding many of the facts about its crimes in Gaza. Israel continues to successfully divert public attention and justify its actions through extensive propaganda and targeted strategies.
But how does this propaganda work, and what tactics are used to make the world indifferent to Israel's crimes in Gaza? We look at five examples:
1. Extensive use of social media propaganda against Palestinian combatants
Israel uses extensive propaganda in social media to shape public opinion. Israel's propaganda campaigns include thousands of videos and images published on platforms such as X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.
For example, these propaganda campaigns aim to provoke emotions against Palestinian combatants by regularly and purposefully producing content on social media, introducing Palestinian military groups as savage terrorists and comparing them to groups like Daesh. Daesh, of course, was a Muslim-killing group, not a Jewish-killing group!
2. Diverting from historical and legal facts
One of the main methods of Israel's propaganda is to create doubt about historical and legal facts. Israel tries to deny or distort history, such as the claim that Palestinians were silent in 1948 with the establishment of Israel and the status of the Occupied Territories, to engage people in endless debates that do not lead to a definitive conclusion. This tactic keeps public opinion away from Israel's real responsibilities.
3. Dehumanizing ordinary Palestinians and creating a demonic image of them
Israel, by dehumanizing ordinary Palestinians and introducing them as hidden and ruthless killers and a threat to global security, tries to justify its deadly actions. This propaganda often portrays Palestinians as people who think of killing Jewish children and have hateful thoughts. This type of propaganda, by linking current events to topics such as the Holocaust, aims to create fear and hatred towards ordinary Palestinian citizens.
4. Justifying mass bombings as defense of the homeland
One of the central slogans of Israel's propaganda is that all its military actions are solely defensive against Palestinian attacks. This message, "What would you do if rockets were fired at your schools and homes?" is widely repeated by Western politicians to turn public opinion towards supporting Israel's massacres and bombings.
5. Denying war crime allegations and changing the debate
Israel immediately denies any allegations of war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and massacres by changing the debate or denying them. For example, when journalists or civilians are killed by Israeli forces, the regime often claims that these actions were unintentional and occurred due to mistaken gunfire.
These are just some of the methods of Israeli propaganda that have caused many people around the world, especially in Western countries, to be ambiguous and doubtful about the current realities in Gaza and not have a correct understanding of Israel's crimes.
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Over the past few decades, Israel has shaped global public opinion by using a powerful propaganda machine, distorting or hiding many of the facts about its crimes in Gaza. Israel continues to successfully divert public attention and justify its actions through extensive propaganda and targeted strategies.
But how does this propaganda work, and what tactics are used to make the world indifferent to Israel's crimes in Gaza? We look at five examples:
1. Extensive use of social media propaganda against Palestinian combatants
Israel uses extensive propaganda in social media to shape public opinion. Israel's propaganda campaigns include thousands of videos and images published on platforms such as X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.
For example, these propaganda campaigns aim to provoke emotions against Palestinian combatants by regularly and purposefully producing content on social media, introducing Palestinian military groups as savage terrorists and comparing them to groups like Daesh. Daesh, of course, was a Muslim-killing group, not a Jewish-killing group!
2. Diverting from historical and legal facts
One of the main methods of Israel's propaganda is to create doubt about historical and legal facts. Israel tries to deny or distort history, such as the claim that Palestinians were silent in 1948 with the establishment of Israel and the status of the Occupied Territories, to engage people in endless debates that do not lead to a definitive conclusion. This tactic keeps public opinion away from Israel's real responsibilities.
3. Dehumanizing ordinary Palestinians and creating a demonic image of them
Israel, by dehumanizing ordinary Palestinians and introducing them as hidden and ruthless killers and a threat to global security, tries to justify its deadly actions. This propaganda often portrays Palestinians as people who think of killing Jewish children and have hateful thoughts. This type of propaganda, by linking current events to topics such as the Holocaust, aims to create fear and hatred towards ordinary Palestinian citizens.
4. Justifying mass bombings as defense of the homeland
One of the central slogans of Israel's propaganda is that all its military actions are solely defensive against Palestinian attacks. This message, "What would you do if rockets were fired at your schools and homes?" is widely repeated by Western politicians to turn public opinion towards supporting Israel's massacres and bombings.
5. Denying war crime allegations and changing the debate
Israel immediately denies any allegations of war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and massacres by changing the debate or denying them. For example, when journalists or civilians are killed by Israeli forces, the regime often claims that these actions were unintentional and occurred due to mistaken gunfire.
These are just some of the methods of Israeli propaganda that have caused many people around the world, especially in Western countries, to be ambiguous and doubtful about the current realities in Gaza and not have a correct understanding of Israel's crimes.
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