Tuesday August 5, 2014
From: Gary L. Bauer
Failed Media Propaganda?
Hamas and its allies are surely applauding the distorted western media coverage of the Gaza conflict. In Europe and the U.S. most media reports reflect a disdain for Israel while ignoring the multiple war crimes of Hamas. Surely one goal of the coverage is to hurt Israel’s standing among the general public, particularly here in the U.S. There is public confusion, but on the central question of where the public’s sympathies lie, the media appears to have failed.
A new NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll conducted July 28-31 asked the public to choose which side they are on. Fifty-four percent of Americans responded that they sympathize more with Israel compared to only 7% who sympathize with Hamas. Don’t get me wrong. It is disturbing that the other 39% of the public apparently don’t know whom to sympathize with.
Here is something else to ponder. Who are the 7%? Who are the people in America who chose to side with the Hamas terrorists who state in their charter that peace in the world will come only when Allah returns and kills all the Jews? I suspect the 7% is composed partly of people we see fomenting trouble on U.S. college campuses – far left radicals, including professors and Islamist elements that are growing in number and strength as the radical Muslim population of the U.S. grows.
In Praise Of Egypt’s Government
The new truce that is now under way between Hamas and Israel was brokered by the Egyptian government of General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Sisi despises Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood. Since coming into office he has imprisoned thousands of Brotherhood leaders and shut down the network of Hamas tunnels that were built from Gaza to Egypt. For Israel and the forces fighting the radical Islamists rampaging across the Middle East, Sisi is a “game changer” – a leader of a major Muslim nation willing to smash the jihadists.
Now ponder this: If the Obama Administration had gotten its way, the Muslim Brotherhood would still be running Egypt, supporting Hamas and threatening Israel. Sisi would be in jail or dead. Even now Obama and Kerry are leaning on Sisi to let up on his relentless campaign to keep the Brotherhood at bay. Thank God that Sisi has ignored them.
Totally Indefensible?
Top White House Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett was on Face the Nation Sunday and said the most recent strike on a U.N. school in Gaza was “indefensible.” She then threw out a few rehearsed lines about Israel having a right to defend itself BUT she quickly added we “can’t condone – the killing of all those innocent children.” There was no mention by Ms. Jarrett of the main reason civilians, including childrens have been killed in spite of the extraordinary efforts of Israelis to avoid those deaths and injuries. The reason, of course, is that Hamas has used the civilians of Gaza, including children, as their “Iron Dome” defense system. They have used U.N. schools to store weapons. They have used ambulances to move their fighters.
Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer said this morning that people should not rush to judgment about many of the alleged incidents being used to attack Israel. He is right. There is growing evidence of Hamas perfidy and deception in the propaganda war. For example, I believe that once the facts are in we will discover that nearly half the total casualties in Gaza are indeed Hamas combatants. Don’t believe the media, which are parroting the Hamas talking point that 90% are civilians.
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