Sunday, March 17, 2013

Propaganda



I found this image online while doing research for the next paper. I have been very interested in different forms of propaganda in the Middle East, and a lot of what i’ve found depicts the abuse of Palestine. In the picture that I have linked it’s the United States and Israel calling the man from Palestine an anti-Semite. This piece is pretty powerful, because it shows the U.S. taking the side of Israel when the states are saying they want a two state system. Every image i’ve seen about this issue has been extremely anti Palestinian. I don’t see why. You can even say this image is anti Israel and U.S. in the sense that they are the abusers in this situation, and the Palestinian man is being abused. You could make the argument that the U.S. doesn’t know what to do about the situation, and isn’t really helping by getting involved. It’s just like the analogy that was used in class; this is a conflict between two grandparents and the grandson is trying to break it up and has no idea how to do it. In an ideal world it would be nice to see this conflict get resolved especially with the recent World Bank restraints on Palestine. With the sheer might of Israel over Palestine I don’t see this conflict getting resolved any time soon. 

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