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Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Danny Ayalon, Shills For The Settlers

July 28, 2011 1 comment
Daniel Ayalon

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In a very interesting story, Danny Ayalon, Israeli’s Deputy Foreign Minister and one of the notoriously right-wing members of the Netanyahu government has made a video supporting the occupation of the West Bank – er, excuse me, Israel controlling the “disputed territories” (after you watch the video, you will understand).  But, the truly interesting part is that the images used in the video were exactly the same as those used for a pro-settler lobbying group.  Gal Beckerman in the Forward says:

Ayalon’s video is identical, image for image and in large part word for word, with one he made in May for the YESHA Council, the organization that represents and lobbies for the settlers.

Read more: http://blogs.forward.com/forward-thinking/#story-1#ixzz1TLSq1YTs

 

It is a great piece of propaganda.  Watch it here:

 
 
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