Behind Bars: Photo Bias Breaks Out of Gaza

June 23, 2010 15:00 by

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  1. Sandra

    8:21 am

    Jun 26, 2010

    Truth is the first victim of war – and this is a time of war. The scapegoat is Israel but Jew hatred is behind it all. The Arab hierarchy have used their people as pawns for so long that it’s taken for granted. Moderates are scared to speak out – why is this? As Daniel Pipes said ‘who would have thought that we would live in an age where Jews have the strong army, and the Arabs the best propaganda machine.’ Each and every one of us has to speak out and re-educate the masses as to the truth behind the false pictures and constant barrange of lies. Having a Jewish State in the Middle East sticks in the throat of most of the Arab world and this is the bottom line.

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  2. ebonystone

    7:21 am

    Jun 27, 2010

    Notice that the kids’ heads fit easily between the “bars”. That means their bodies could fit through as well.

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  3. Brent Pudsey

    2:16 pm

    Jun 27, 2010

    The media in Canada and the United States needs to take greater precautions not to misinform or create stereotypes. Thus it needs to realize that the Palestinians are not innocent of twisting the media to suit their purposes.

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  4. Mark Cohen

    4:04 pm

    Jun 27, 2010

    As long as the members of the fourth estate have an agenda beyond their professional remit, and all too often they do, this is the vicious mendacious tripe that the public, a public not free of like agendas, will be fed

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  5. Ruth Barnett

    8:51 pm

    Jun 27, 2010

    I give seminars in schools, colleges, training courses, conferences etc and I take every opportunity to discuss how misinformation and disinformation, by the media and spread by people who don’t check sources r think for themselves,is keeping the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis going. We need to be informed of all the initiatives that are currently getting Israelis and Palestinians working together. We need to spread HOPE not HATE. Both Palestinian and Israeli children need to be brough up in LOVE not taught to HATE.

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