The Israeli government made an announcement today that they had agreed to a “significant” easing of the Gaza blockade, allowing items like food and toys into the region in larger amounts and even allowing some construction materials in. The announcement was met, predictably, with US State Department praise.
But is the announcement real, or was it done purely for PR purposes? While Israel released its announcement, in English, following the meeting, they also released a Hebrew version for local media consumption at the same time, and the two versions are starkly different.
While the English-only version, the version sent to all foreign diplomats, claims that the decision “was made,” the Hebrew version that the Israeli press got insisted that the meeting just included ministers voicing their opinions on a possible easing and that no vote ever took place on any particular draft.
Israel’s successful “management” of the domestic media in the wake of the Mavi Marmara has put it in something of a bind on this issue. The attack on the aid ship has brought renewed focus to the blockade and rising calls abroad to ease it greatly or end it entirely. Israeli voters however have been fed a steady diet of increasingly absurd claims about additional medicine providing an “existential threat” and how unfair international criticism is, and are firmly against changes.
In this regard the announcements couldn’t have been more perfect. The announcement meant for foreign consumption said exactly what many Western nations wanted, while the domestic announcement promised nothing but just claimed there were some conversations.
The announcement will likely be more than enough for most Western leaders, in fact, who are already praising the “announcement” and taking it at face value. The announcement of an easing is in all the papers as an absolute fact, and all is right with the world.
But the announcement and the easing itself are two very different things, and reports from the military personnel in charge of enforcing the blockade say that they haven’t been informed of a policy change at all. It is business as usual at the Gaza border, despite what any announcement may have said.
See, Zionism isn't so bad…amirite? Toys are fun, plus candy and junk food are delicious! ….errr
"Facta ejus cum dictis discrepant" ~Cicero
Psychopaths are adept liars…… just sayin'…..
The apartheid state has been doing this for decades. Sharon made it standard policy
Wow, its not often one sees a minor-state politician raise his game to such levels. Usually it takes a big league politician like a US President to say different things on the same issue at almost the same time.
If an equivalent American politician, like say a mayor of a mid-sized city, showed such skills in lying and obsfucation, they'd be touted as a future President.
I'd say someone should test it by trying to bring some toys into Gaza, but I'd be worried that if I was wrong the Israelis would execute 10 more people and then I'd feel responsible.
Since trying to bring the wrong stuff into Gaza is a death penalty offense, it'll be interesting to see who tests the new rules.
Jews always lies they kill prophet of god and lie they been kill by hitler they lie, Israel and Isralies are always and whole world govt are their slaves.
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This is not the first time that Israelis are decieving the world. They have done time and again, if they were sincere then till now Oslo accord had been implemented. The sighnee have recieved nobel preise and finished and palestinian problem remains untouched and had become even serious,worse and the human beings have been deprived of basic needs. One thing we must bore in mind that Allah forgives no wrong-doing and will be punished sooner or later. This is devine law but it will take time.
The only way is if US state department, Pentagone and white house changes their mind set then it is possible and we see no change in US policy as the whitehouse, pentagone, Senators and parlament is afraid of Jews intrigues in US. Both republicans and democrats there is no change only the worlds.
The Talmud does not require telling the truth to the Amalakites.
It is in the Bible – the historical record of the armies of Israel killing their neighbors and stealing their lands – same today by Israel as it was yesterday.
Israel is antichrist.
Israel is anti everything not jewish
Has Isreal ever told the truth about anything?? Anything at all??
Remember the Mossad (israeli) motto. "BY DECEPTION, THOU SHALT MAKE WAR".
Fed a steady staple of Zionist propaganda before and after its inception, Israelis today have lost the capacity to distingush fact from fiction. After all, the very creaton of the Zionist settlement by evicting native Palestinians from their land on some mythical claims should have unmasked the sheer bankruptcy of Zionism but for the bigoted western imperliarist lightening their conscience for the holocaust at the cost of a colonized people. Double speak is no the prerogative of the Israeli leadership alone: just listen to the ranting of neo-cons in US media. What is sick is that this hypocrisy has come to define American mainstream today. One must wonder whether Americans will learn enough to break free from the shackles of deceipt and misinformation they are subjected to today….
I bet they let in plastic weapons for the kids to play with, nice excuse to rpg them.