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Exploding Middle East Myths: 15 Years of Fighting Zionist Propaganda
For more than 65 years, since its creation in 1948, the state of Israel has carefully controlled what the Western world knows about the Zionist state. As a result, what we have received from the mainstream media is reams of propaganda and little truth when it comes to the racist and bellicose state. Against this backdrop of censored 'news,' one gutsy journalist took a dangerous stand and instead has been telling the truth about Israel for the last 15 years.
In this collection of powerful essays by Canadian writer and researcher Greg Felton, you'll see the real Israel: brutal treatment of Palestinians, blatant disregard for Christians and Muslims, and parasitic control over foreign governments, especially the U.S. Sure to make you smile and seethe at the same time, Felton's trademark wit and wisdom will guide you through carefully crafted propaganda, correcting the historical record along the way.
Felton has assembled a myth-smashing collection of essays targeting media cover-up and misinformation and misdirection about Israel and the problems of the Middle East and has laid bare the truth about the blunt political force, blackmail and intimidation that Israel and its network use to achieve their aims.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE—THE AGE OF UNREASON i
PART ONE: ZIONISM AND HISTORY 1
Israeli Jews must choose between nation and state • Israel can’t hide from its history forever • Apartheid by any name is still wrong • Israel: a monument to anti-Semitism • Hamas—a principled defender of Palestine • Zionists sabotage anti-fascist boycott—again • History triumphs over pseudo-history—a response to Edwin Black • Tehran gives world leaders a history lesson they’d rather forget • Those interested in Palestine should study Canaanite history, not Jewish mythology • One. Two. Three. Four—What the hell are we remembering for? • Remembrances of things past present an ethical dilemma • Israel can’t win a war against itself • Even after 40 years,Abba Eban’s great fraud defines the official version of the 1967 War • The world marks 60 years of Zionist terror made possible by a corrupt U.S. president • Address by UN Secretary–General Ban Ki-Moon on the 60th Anniversary of Israel’s Admission • In a corrupt world, nothing succeeds like satire!
PART 2: PALESTINE AND BEYOND 65
Gazans finally win, but their tormentors get all the attention • Arafat ignored as the world honors Israel’s counterfeit peacemaker • Israel’s willing executioners blindly follow the sociopath of least resistance • Abu Ghraib and Falluja—a familiar kind of terror • Saddam Hussein—a former ally lynched by the Bush crime family • Hariri assassination coverage gives readers the hole story • Palestine’s gain is Lebanon’s pain • Preconceptions hobble understanding of Iran.
PART 3: HASBARATS AND QUISLINGS 95
National Post impaled on its own hubris • Nobody has the right to spread slander, libel or bigotry in the name of freedom of speech • Israel’s propagandists shoot themselves in the foot as they shoot off their mouths • Bombastic, bullying and preposterous—Netanyahu epitomizes the toxic hasbarat • In Palestine, peace can be a dangerous addiction • Zionism’s willing dissemblers abet Palestinian misery • Associated Press more a news filter than a news source • Globe and Mail’s anti-Hamas editorial reveals plagiarism, prejudice and Israeli servitude • Editor-in- Chief excuses defamation, plagiarism • Globe resorts to disreputable ‘Dershowitz Defense’ • To bring about political climate change we must face many inconvenient truths • Isramerica pits Palestinian against Palestinian and watches the bloody spectacle with glee.
PART 4: DISTRACTION AND DISINFORMATION 137
Lies, damn lies, and lynching the truth • U.S. political and cultural depravity now playing at a theatre near you • Beware of Greek movies bearing bad history and jingoistic subtexts • Hollywood’s most misunderstood genre deserves its own award category • “Oscar Preview” with Lance Boyle • Hawaii Five-0 goes under the political knife.
PART 5: CENSORSHIP AND INTIMIDATION 165
Internet outflanks Zionists’ Maginot Line • To speak: perchance to be expelled—ay, there’s the rub! • York University’s Zionist star chamber fails to intimidate student, professor • ‘Smoking gun’ fax proves The Lobby directed defamation of Jewish professor at York U. • Honorable Jews must be neither seen nor heard • The New York Times: ‘All the misinformation fit to print’ • Newsweek—your source for yellow-bellied journalism • Nobody expects the Jewish Inquisition! • Our craven, incurious media treats the show trial of Zacarias Moussaoui as news instead of farce • Freedom of thought has no meaning for those who prefer the prison of their own prejudices • America—land of the freak, home of the depraved • New York Times cover-up of Park51- related anti-Muslim attack? • ‘By way of intimidation, thou shalt do war’— the slogan of The Lobby’s thought police • ‘By way of defamation, thou shalt do war’—the slogan of The Lobby’s propagandists • Memo to The Lobby’s media tyrants: defamation is not protected speech • Although he’d be the first black president, don’t expect Obama to abolish slaver y • Human Rights Tribunals neither good nor bad—just necessary, unfortunately • To read, perchance to comprehend—that is the question • Frightened, ignorant and distracted— that’s how the media want us to act. Canada’s Adbusters magazine and the Israel Lobby • The Canadian Jewish Congress hates our freedoms • Michael Ignatieff ’s crime and punishment shows real face of Canada’s government.
In this collection of powerful essays by Canadian writer and researcher Greg Felton, you'll see the real Israel: brutal treatment of Palestinians, blatant disregard for Christians and Muslims, and parasitic control over foreign governments, especially the U.S. Sure to make you smile and seethe at the same time, Felton's trademark wit and wisdom will guide you through carefully crafted propaganda, correcting the historical record along the way.
Felton has assembled a myth-smashing collection of essays targeting media cover-up and misinformation and misdirection about Israel and the problems of the Middle East and has laid bare the truth about the blunt political force, blackmail and intimidation that Israel and its network use to achieve their aims.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE—THE AGE OF UNREASON i
PART ONE: ZIONISM AND HISTORY 1
Israeli Jews must choose between nation and state • Israel can’t hide from its history forever • Apartheid by any name is still wrong • Israel: a monument to anti-Semitism • Hamas—a principled defender of Palestine • Zionists sabotage anti-fascist boycott—again • History triumphs over pseudo-history—a response to Edwin Black • Tehran gives world leaders a history lesson they’d rather forget • Those interested in Palestine should study Canaanite history, not Jewish mythology • One. Two. Three. Four—What the hell are we remembering for? • Remembrances of things past present an ethical dilemma • Israel can’t win a war against itself • Even after 40 years,Abba Eban’s great fraud defines the official version of the 1967 War • The world marks 60 years of Zionist terror made possible by a corrupt U.S. president • Address by UN Secretary–General Ban Ki-Moon on the 60th Anniversary of Israel’s Admission • In a corrupt world, nothing succeeds like satire!
PART 2: PALESTINE AND BEYOND 65
Gazans finally win, but their tormentors get all the attention • Arafat ignored as the world honors Israel’s counterfeit peacemaker • Israel’s willing executioners blindly follow the sociopath of least resistance • Abu Ghraib and Falluja—a familiar kind of terror • Saddam Hussein—a former ally lynched by the Bush crime family • Hariri assassination coverage gives readers the hole story • Palestine’s gain is Lebanon’s pain • Preconceptions hobble understanding of Iran.
PART 3: HASBARATS AND QUISLINGS 95
National Post impaled on its own hubris • Nobody has the right to spread slander, libel or bigotry in the name of freedom of speech • Israel’s propagandists shoot themselves in the foot as they shoot off their mouths • Bombastic, bullying and preposterous—Netanyahu epitomizes the toxic hasbarat • In Palestine, peace can be a dangerous addiction • Zionism’s willing dissemblers abet Palestinian misery • Associated Press more a news filter than a news source • Globe and Mail’s anti-Hamas editorial reveals plagiarism, prejudice and Israeli servitude • Editor-in- Chief excuses defamation, plagiarism • Globe resorts to disreputable ‘Dershowitz Defense’ • To bring about political climate change we must face many inconvenient truths • Isramerica pits Palestinian against Palestinian and watches the bloody spectacle with glee.
PART 4: DISTRACTION AND DISINFORMATION 137
Lies, damn lies, and lynching the truth • U.S. political and cultural depravity now playing at a theatre near you • Beware of Greek movies bearing bad history and jingoistic subtexts • Hollywood’s most misunderstood genre deserves its own award category • “Oscar Preview” with Lance Boyle • Hawaii Five-0 goes under the political knife.
PART 5: CENSORSHIP AND INTIMIDATION 165
Internet outflanks Zionists’ Maginot Line • To speak: perchance to be expelled—ay, there’s the rub! • York University’s Zionist star chamber fails to intimidate student, professor • ‘Smoking gun’ fax proves The Lobby directed defamation of Jewish professor at York U. • Honorable Jews must be neither seen nor heard • The New York Times: ‘All the misinformation fit to print’ • Newsweek—your source for yellow-bellied journalism • Nobody expects the Jewish Inquisition! • Our craven, incurious media treats the show trial of Zacarias Moussaoui as news instead of farce • Freedom of thought has no meaning for those who prefer the prison of their own prejudices • America—land of the freak, home of the depraved • New York Times cover-up of Park51- related anti-Muslim attack? • ‘By way of intimidation, thou shalt do war’— the slogan of The Lobby’s thought police • ‘By way of defamation, thou shalt do war’—the slogan of The Lobby’s propagandists • Memo to The Lobby’s media tyrants: defamation is not protected speech • Although he’d be the first black president, don’t expect Obama to abolish slaver y • Human Rights Tribunals neither good nor bad—just necessary, unfortunately • To read, perchance to comprehend—that is the question • Frightened, ignorant and distracted— that’s how the media want us to act. Canada’s Adbusters magazine and the Israel Lobby • The Canadian Jewish Congress hates our freedoms • Michael Ignatieff ’s crime and punishment shows real face of Canada’s government.
262 pages, Paperback
First published May 25, 2011
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