‘I’ve Been Duped’ Reflections on Israel and Palestine

By Rick Steves 

Huffington Post

Do you know the frustration you feel when you believed in something strongly and then you realize that the information that made you believe was from a source with an agenda to deceive?

I just watched a powerful and courageous documentary called Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land. It certainly has its own agenda and doesn’t present balanced coverage. Still, it showed me how my understanding of the struggles in the Middle East has been skewed by most of our mainstream media. I saw how coverage of the Israeli/Palestinian problem is brilliantly controlled and shaped. I pride myself in understanding how the media works… and I find I’ve been bamboozled.

Invest 75 minutes in watching this, because most of the time we only hear one viewpoint when it comes to the interminable struggle in the Holy Land. While this documentary would never be shown on commercial TV in the USA, it can be viewed online (Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land). In my view, many Palestinians live under inhumane conditions, and U.S. taxpayers help to make it happen. Please, watch this and then share your impressions.

Criticism of Israel’s policies is not automatically anti-Semitic (see J-Street for an example of a pro-Israel, pro-peace group). In fact, the irony is that for Israel’s hard-liners, their clever PR strategy could be their own worst enemy. While Israel certainly deserves security on its land, the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory (in Gaza and the West Bank) degrades Israel and drives Palestinians to desperation. The question of whether Israel is conducting a brutal military occupation or a reasonable defense against terrorism gets no real airtime. If we care about the long-term security of Israel, we have a responsibility to understand what our government is funding and supporting.

I believe that watching this documentary is a painful first step to finding a just and lasting peace in the Middle East. If you are a friend of Israel, you must watch Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land.

Rick Steves – Writer of European travel guidebooks and host of travel shows on public television and public radio (www.ricksteves.com)

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Comment by Sweettina2 on April 11, 2012 at 10:34pm

Nice to see journalists like Steves waking the hell up!

Comment by Sweettina2 on April 11, 2012 at 10:33pm

Right on girl!  Crazy, but Russia Today is telling more truth than any other msm...Yep, I love the net cuz I love truth.

Comment by suzie on April 11, 2012 at 12:54am

I was duped too..  the media will pay dearly for there biased crap No Korea probably gets more info than we do.. thank God for the internet ..

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