Mythological Propaganda

The definition of myth: a person or thing having only an imaginary or unverifiable existence.

The definition of propaganda: ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one’s cause or to damage an opposing cause

Now, my reason for that title for this entry?

Well before the dust had settled, the siege of Jenin had become a symbol of Israeli brutality throughout the Arab world and beyond.

<sarcasm>Of course, there has to be a symbol of Israeli brutality, everyone knows Palestinians are not brutal people.</sarcasm>

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Israeli soldiers had committed “despicable crimes” in Jenin.

Of course.

The correspondent for The Independent of London accused Israel of “a monstrous war crime.”

Of course.

Amnesty International called for an immediate investigation into “the killings of hundreds of Palestinians.”

Of course, but wait:

About 50 bodies have been found in the rubble. Israel says that perhaps 80 Palestinians were killed in all, and that most were armed fighters, not civilians.

Just as I thought.

Early reports that said the Israelis had levelled Jenin appear to have been exaggerated. Aerial photographs show that the devastated vistas described in news reports represent an area about 100 metres square, a small corner of the camp.

A picture is worth a thousand Palestinians. Ewps. Did I say that? Oh well, if the shoe fits… Oh yeah, and my absolute favorite line from this article:

It is the Palestinian militants who turned Jenin into a terror base and, when the Israelis came to get them, hid among civilians for protection.

Of course.