Pallywood: Believing Make-Believe in the Israel-PA Narrative Wars

Why did international and local reporting from a ginned-up “altercation” between IDF troops and Palestinians become part of the anti-Israel libel – despite video evidence showing the dust-up to be faked? This kind of image doctoring is referred to as: “Pallywood,” a term coined by historian Richard Landes concerning the intentional staging of injury – […]

Idan Eretz Shows Us Behind-the-Scenes Fake Media in Action

In a Tweet, Idan Eretz showed us how fake media works. Well, sometimes, at least. I am sure this is not the only time this has happened. Translation below the Tweet:   כרגע גוף תקשורת מסוים פנה אלי וביקש ממני לדבר נגד החרדים בעקבות משבר הקורונה, כולל קריאה לפטר את ליצמן. הסברתי שבעיני ליצמן התרשל […]

Ayoob Kara: A Study In Media Distortions

We have all heard stories about how the media twists stories around and produces fake news. How often do we have the opportunity to see it in action ourselves? Here is one example I chanced upon two days ago. On Tuesday morning (10 January), I was driving down to Tel Aviv, listening to Galei Zahal […]