Israel, Gaza and the media
Propaganda war
▻http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21612240-both-sides-consume-fantasy-news-propaganda-war?frsc=dg%7Ca
Few Israeli television anchors have drawn attention to the high death toll among Palestinian civilians. When Reshet Bet, a state radio station, interviewed one Palestinian who spoke fluent Hebrew, the presenter cut him off as he spoke of the toll on Gaza’s children. Israel’s broadcasting authority stopped B’Tselem, a human-rights group, from placing an advertisement calling for the names of Palestinian children killed in the attacks to be broadcast. “The [Israeli] channels only discuss tactics—whether to push on a few kilometres more, or dig in—rather than examine political ways out of conflict,” says Menachem Friedman, a former peace negotiator.
