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Pallywoodismainly
mediamanipulationthroughstagingsituationssothatapictureorvideocanbetakenandthenused
outofcontexttomakethesituationseemlikesomethingitisnot.Itcanalsobefakingentire
situationsandportrayingthemasrealitytothemedia.
Ourposterwillbeputnearabusstopastoattractasmanypeopleaspossibleandonacornerofa
wallsothatonlyhalfisvisiblefromeachside.Onesidewouldshowamanpointingagunataman
whosebodyisonhalfofeachside.Fromthissideheappearstoberunningscared.Ontheother
sideofthewallyouseehimpointingasmokinggunatadeadbody.Onthesecondsideitwillsay
#Context
StoppingthisfromaffectingIsraelsidentityissimple,educationontheissueathand.Thereisa
needforpeopletounderstandbothIsraelsmoralsandPallywoodsandHamasslackthereof.
ThereismediabiastowardsIsrael
(Eichner,2016)andclaimsmadebyHamasagainstIsraelare
nevercredibleandyetarestillacceptedwithminimalscrutinybyjournalist,newswatchersandeven
theUN!Byusingourposterwewillconvincepeopletonotsimplybelieveeverythingtheyhearonthe
news.
HamasisthemainterroristorganizationatwarwithIsrael.Itcontrolsmanyofthegovernmentsofthe
surroundingcountriesandisresponsibleformostmissilestrikes,stabbings,bombingsand
mayheminIsrael.TheyalsousePallywoodtotakeawaysympathyandcompassionfromthose
whowouldotherwisesupportIsrael.(Jones,2012)
Thereisanurgentneedtoshowpeoplethatapicturethatlookslikeanactofneedlessaggression,
canbemorethanmeetstheeye.Ifonegroup'sstorysaysthatsomethinghappenedwithnofactual
evidence,itshouldnotbeconsideredevenremotelycredible.Furthermore,whenthatgrouphas
repeatedlystagedandliedabouteventstowinsympathyandwhenthatgroupsstandardprocedure
istokillciviliansontheirsandopposingsides,theclaimsshouldsimplybethrownout.Peoplemust
beinformedofthisinjusticesothatacountrysIdentitywillbeseenasitis,thecountrywiththe
worldsmostmoralmilitarytheworldhaseverseen.(Morrissey,2015)
Eichner,Itamar."CBSNewsNetworkonJerusalemTerror
Attack:'ThreePalestinians
Killed'"
Ynetnews.com
.03Feb.2016.Web.10Feb.2019.
<http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4761809,00.
html>.
Jones,Bryony."Q&A:WhatIsHamas?"
CNN
.CNN,24Nov.2012.
Web.23Feb.2016.
<http://www.nctc.gov/site/groups/hamas.html>.
Morrissey,Ed."Video:IsIsraelsIDFtheWorldsMostMoral
Army?"
HotAir
.HotAir,
08Dec.2015.Web.13Feb.2019.
http://hotair.com/archives/2015/12/08/video-is-israel-the
-worlds-most-moral-army/
"PALLYWOOD?SundaysUNSchoolAttackThattheStateDeptBlamedon
IsraelNowAppearstoBeSTAGEDReadMore:
Http://therightscoop.com/pallywoodsundaysunschoolattackthatthestatedeptbla
medonisraelnowappearstobestaged/#ixzz41DMfnUqS."
Therightscoop
.The
RightScoop,4Aug.2014.Web.24Feb.2016.
<http://therightscoop.com/pallywoodsundaysunschoolattackthatthestatedeptbla
medonisraelnowappearstobestaged/>.