Israel - Palestine Conflict. **Mod note in OP - updated 1st August**

buyer95 wrote: »

Bigotry, such as the type displayed by Fox News anchor Sean Hannity ia dangerous. The propaganda that he and his ilk are spouting is heinous. The Israel Palestine conflict is extremely complex, but Hannity is attempting to over simplify the whole thing. Painting Israel as the no questions asked good guys is disgusting.
As part of the interview, Hannity asked Munayyer, “what part of this can’t you get through your thick head?”, before stopping the interview short when Munayyer refused to answer “yes” to the question “Is Hamas a terrorist organisation?” He invites a speaker on to his show to give the Palestinian point of view and then pushes his own agenda on the guy, refusing to let him say anything. He then ask the Israeli speaker a question, who gets 2 minutes of unbroken speaking time. Munayyer, appalled at this tries to retort and is told to shut up.

Heres Brand's response to Hannity


Well Fox News is Rupert Murdoch's propaganda channel. Murdoch is a Jew/Yankee sympathizer. Anyone getting their news from Fox is a fool.

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

With that kind of rhetoric, you'd probably get a job with them.

TommyKnocker wrote: »

And eject their ambassador, close the embassy and recall our own ambassador from the US.

Tuisceanch wrote: »

I think it might be useful to post this following article I came across on Facebook by a Palestinian activist.

"Before you begin to develop an opinion on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, you must first question your sources of information, and also understand the way journalism is manipulated in the West. The manner in which things are reported doesn't necessarily reflect the reality. You must always ask: who benefits from skewed and misrepresented facts? For example, Israel receives billions of dollars of aid from our American taxes...so it is in their best interest to "look good" in front of the American public. Therefore, they must demonize "the other side" by throwing words around like: "terrorists," "human shields," "Islamist," "terror tunnels," "self-genocide," and so on and so forth. There are many accusations made with zero substantial evidence, and even when claims are disproved by UN investigations, the liars insist on the lies. Be aware of this.
If you have never lived in Gaza, West Bank, or Israel, you can't just rely on your emotions and bad journalism. You have to read the history, seek different sources of news (like local reporters), get in touch with people living there, research facts and statistics, read what "the other side" has to say. Only when you've expanded your knowledge could your opinion become validated.
Always ask questions and investigate before you fall victim to systematic brainwashing, and thus allow the continuation of oppression and genocide.”