It's a few days old, but via Power Line, I see this video from
Hamas television in which a puppet child stabs President Bush to
death, and tells him that the White House has been turned into a
mosque.
Whenever analysts point to such videos as examples of the
incitement that is typical in the Palestinian territories,
Palestinian apologists here in the U.S. attempt to argue that it's
just cherry picking by the pro-Israel community. However, while I
have seen countless clips of Palestinians indoctrinating their
children to kill Jews and hate America, I have yet to see one
counter-example of similar incitement on Israeli children's
programming.
It is quite easy to understand how Americans who are exposed to
this sort of thing would sympathize with Israelis in the Middle
East conflict and see Israelis as having the morally superior case.
Despite this, anti-Israel voices such as Obama adviser Merrill "Tony" McPeak (as well as
his defender Daniel Larison) continue to argue
that rich Jews in New York City and Miami are a major impediment to
peace.
When polls show Israel has the overwhelming support of
Americans, we're led to believe by its critics that public opinion
is controlled by the media, which silences any dissenting voices
who are critical of Israel. Interestingly, such charges closely
echo the charges of previous generations of anti-Semites who
groused that Jews control the media. But whenever Jews such as
myself are offended by such contemporary conspiracy mongering,
we're attacked. The fact that we're offended is cited as yet
another example of how all critics of Israel are accused of being
anti-Semites and how there cannot be any honest and open public
discussion on the issue.
Critics of Israel argue that there is nothing anti-Israel about
calling for an "even handed" approach to the Middle East conflict.
But only those who start off with a bias against Israel could
advocate an approach to the conflict that puts Israel on an equal
moral footing with the peddlers of this sick propaganda.
topics:
Television, Israel
