It is news so fake that it has birthed an industry! In fact, there is a term for this kind of drivel – Pallywood. It is a combination of what you get when you mix Palestinian news manipulations with a healthy dose of Hollywood special effects. If the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences […]
Throughout the days of Mandela’s passing in 2013 it rained incessantly. So too in Israel! During the memorial service at the residence of South Africa’s Ambassador,Mr Sisa Ngombane in Tel Aviv, the heavens opened. South Africans from all over Israel attended the ceremony held under a giant tarpaulin, with rain beating down on the canvas. […]
“I never knew my grandfather,” writes Richelle Shem-Tov in the opening line to her ‘My Dear Papa – Letters From A Farm in Africa.’ In truth, her grandfather never knew her as he died in 1922, but it appears the writer knew him well! A retired physiotherapist living with her husband in Tel Aviv, Richelle, […]
The BDS (Boycott, Divestment and sanctions) movement sure is noisy. While lacking cerebral substance, they understand the veracity of symbolism and language that is provocative, emotive and emotional. They understand that gratuitous use of the word Apartheid is guaranteed to get an emotional reaction from people. I use the word gratuitous intentionally because BDS have […]
*Harris Zvi Green Repeat a lie often enough and it will be believed. This tactic has always been a key ingredient of the propaganda strategies created by totalitarian regimes to justify their ideologies. Success of this technique is achieved by confining the argument to a few key issues and then repeating them over and […]