Pallywood
Pallywood (a portmanteau of "Palestine" and "Hollywood") is a derogatory term used to falsely accuse Palestinians of staging scenes of suffering and civilian death in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. It has been described as a conspiracy theory and a prominent element of Israeli disinformation in the conflict.
The term gained currency following the 2000 killing of Muhammad al-Durrah during the Second Intifada, after some commentators alleged that the incident had been some kind of media hoax. Israeli pundits have used the term to dismiss videos showing Israeli violence or deny Palestinian suffering, particularly during the Gaza war.
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Quotes
[edit]- In the early 2000s, at the dawn of the social media revolution, Israelis used to dismiss filmed evidence of brutality by their soldiers as fakery. It was what they called "Pallywood" – a conflation of Palestinian and Hollywood. In truth, however, it was the Israeli military, not the Palestinians, that needed to manufacture a more convenient version of reality.
- Jonathan Cook , "Israeli army’s lies can no longer salvage its image" Mondoweiss. 5 March 2018.
- Half of Palestinian propaganda is bragging about how much they love death, the other half is crying about Israel giving it to them.
External links
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Encyclopedic article on Pallywood on Wikipedia
