Saturday, June 26, 2010

Two states for two people? Don't tell the Palestinian children

Reuters illustrates the logical fallacy/propaganda technique of appeal to pity by running a photo of Palestinian children in Gaza with the caption:
Palestinian children hold candles during a protest in Gaza City calling for an end to Israel's blockade on the Gaza Strip
A blockade of course, which has been all but lifted except for the import of weapons and war materiel.

Children holding candles is becoming a popular motif in Palestinian/media propaganda photo shoots.  On June 2nd, Palestinian children were similarly deployed in another protest following the Turkish flotilla boarding.  Here's a pic that appeared on the website Demotix:


And here's another Demotix photo of the same protest from earlier in the day:


Notice the image of "Palestine" painted on the cheek of the child on the left.

Reuters photographers apparently missed the greasepaint -- along with the larger message.

3 comments:

  1. and you saw this?

    http://palestinenote.com/cs/blogs/news/archive/2010/06/25/departing-reuters-bureau-chief-sees-spreading-labyrinth-of-boundaries.aspx

    (sorry, don't have your email)

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  2. Yes, we commented on it here:

    http://r-mew.blogspot.com/2010/06/reuters-jerusalem-bureau-chief-to-step.html

    and here:

    http://r-mew.blogspot.com/2010/06/reuters-macdonald-pens-his-swan-song.html

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