Peace, Propaganda & The Promised Land {Part 1}

Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle ... all » East, zeroing in on how structural distortions in U.S. coverage have reinforced false perceptions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This pivotal documentary exposes how the foreign policy interests of American political elites--oil, and a need to have a secure military base in the region, among others--work in combination with Israeli public relations strategies to exercise a powerful influence over how news from the region is reported. Through the voices of scholars, media critics, peace activists, religious figures, and Middle East experts, Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land carefully analyzes and explains how--through the use of language, framing and context--the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza remains hidden in the news media, and Israeli colonization of the occupied terrorities appears to be a defensive move rather than an offensive one. The documentary also explores the ways that U.S. journalists, for reasons ranging from intimidation to a lack of thorough investigation, have become complicit in carrying out Israel's PR campaign. At its core, the documentary raises questions about the ethics and role of journalism, and the relationship between media and politics.

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[futurepast1]

israelis need to realise that its not right to buldose families, women and children out of their homes!!

[Khrais Basha]

Dude I`v been in Palestine before and I know those FIREWORKS sorry the rockets that you are talking about don`t compare to the most powerful weapons that Israelis use against the Palestinians and don`t forget they R the side who struggle to get his freedom not Israelis ! The Palestinians didn`t come in 1948 and took the land from Israel. Didn`t you see the film !!!!!

[Martijn de Graaf]

where do you see a justification? It's plain reality. We need to change our ways, first in or individual behavior, thought and emotion. And from there we can unite and change the way of the human to become benevolent to life

[jonoessex]

Oppression is the way of the human. What a terrible justification for human evil!

[Jane Dughatir]

Children can't get a proper education, is one of the results of occupation. Not the Taliban, it is Israel. But noone stops it from continuing year in and year out.

[jazz strider]

take your own advice!

[Martijn de Graaf]

look what the chinese are busy doing in Tibet, exactly the same! Even the US started this way. The former colonies, exactly the same. Israel is not an exception, it's the ways of the human.

[daami Singh]

Israel must react like human stop human right violence

[alonee810]

[...] im honestly tired of arguing over the web about this subject... youre interested in information? good - research. my guess is that helen thomas, finkelstien and chomsky wont tell u anything you dont allready know, neither will fox news for that matter, but its out there, all you need to do is put some effort to it..

all the best

peace!

[alonee810]

2nd, if youre looking for a different point of view youll have to find it youself, i cant help you, thats YOUR job, im biased remember. but then again "One need not visit a sewer to know it stinks" right... 

[alonee810]

1st, regarding statistics, you probably know the phrase "there r 3 types of lies...". if you rely on statistics so much maybe you can let me know what is the all time death toll in the israeli-palestinian conflict, and what was the death toll in syria during october 2012... yes, of course its different, the israel-pale' conflict is much more complex and involves more then just numbers, but im guessing you get the point...

[Safsal]

let me explain you something

if the muslim leaders wanted to have a country, they would have long time ago

but everytime they were offered , they refused

you know why? because its their interest to keep it this way so they have a legitimate reason to hate israel , other than pure hatred

the people of palestine are victims of their leaders without even knowing it