International leaders have expressed their shock over ostensibly starving children in Gaza. The Hamas ”starvation” campaign is nearly as old as this war and is effective in many countries because it evokes the medieval blood libel accusing Jews of killing non-Jewish children in order to drink their blood. It turned out that depicted children hadContinue reading “AI and Gaza”
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How to Explain to the Media that Israel Doesn’t Target Civilians in Gaza
The al-Jazeera blood libel according to which the Jewish state is targeting civilians in Gaza is spreading in the international media. How should this be countered? Simply by explaining to journalists that the number of air strikes in Gaza is higher than the death toll in Gaza, i.e. on average less than 1,0 deaths perContinue reading “How to Explain to the Media that Israel Doesn’t Target Civilians in Gaza”
What is Behind the Gaza Blood Libels?
During and after Operation Breaking Dawn in Gaza, the usual blood libels proliferated. Jews are once more accused of murdering (i.e. intentionally killing) children and Israel is accused against all evidence of targeting civilians. Some governments are simply as usual echoing the standard Anti-Semitic propaganda of the Palestinian Authority while others are making independent Anti-SemiticContinue reading “What is Behind the Gaza Blood Libels?”
Planning for Military Transparency
In times of war is the lack of timely provision of information the single most serious obstacle to explaining Israeli military action. Blood libels proliferate as well as Anti-Jewish inversions where it is ostensibly the Israeli side that is targeting civilians and seeking civilian casualties. Israel has not been able to effectively counteract these veryContinue reading “Planning for Military Transparency”
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