Reply #156: Why do Israel's critics feel they have to lie?

[Boston Critic]

The Palestinians *target* civilians. They send suicide bombers in to supermarkets and onto buses and into discos because they are trying to kill as many people as possible. They back their bombs with nails so that those who aren't killed in the blast will be horribly maimed and wounded. Missiles from Gaza are falling everyday onto *civilian* homes and schools in northern Israel. On all of this you are silent.

Israel counterattacks and *one* operation goes horribly wrong and civilians are killed. What do Israelis do? Do they cheer? Do they dance in the streets and pass sweets out to children? Do they say the people responsible are "martyrs" and "heroes?" No, they do not. They admit something went wrong. They investigate to see why it happened and if it can be avoided in the future. It is not treated as a victory for Israel.

The contrast is striking unless one is so consumed with hatred for Israel that any lie is okay so long as it serves the propaganda purpose.