Showing Their True Colors

Caroline Glick has written a must-read column on the true nature of the “settlers,” as evidenced by the peaceful protests at Kfar Maimon.

 

Excerpt:

As one walked along the crowded road and the lawns of Kfar Maimon, one was struck by the ubiquity of the television cameras. Nearly all major news organizations in the Western world were present. In the past, when the council brought up to a quarter of a million people out to protest land giveaways, the mass demonstrations in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv received barely any attention. And here were Fox and Sky News, CNN and the BBC competing with Israel’s television channels for the best place to park their satellite dishes.

 

The reason for this is clear: The world press has bought into the demonized image of the Jewish residents of Gaza, Judea and Samaria that has been largely propagated by the Israeli Left and the Israeli media. The “settlers” are viewed as violent, extremist, money-grubbing religious fanatics who threaten the foundations of Israel and block any chance for peace between Israel and its neighbors. In other words, under normal circumstances, protests by the settlers are considered unworthy of media attention. But this time, the media swallowed the bait set by the council leaders who insisted that they would march to Gush Katif. Everyone came to film the blood that would be let when the protesters clashed with the Israeli army and the police.

 

But once they were there, far away from their air-conditioned offices and apartments in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, they had to send in the pictures of what they saw. And what they saw was the truth they have been insistently denying for the past 30 years. Namely, that these Israelis have nothing in common with their demonized image. Here were tens of thousands of peaceful protesters singing and dancing and studying together. Here they were, handing fruit and drinks to the soldiers and policemen sent to stand against them and, rather than fighting with them, they prayed with them. For the first time, perhaps ever, both the general public in Israel and the world were able to receive undistorted images of these people on their television screens.

Here are some examples of the pictures that the Associated Press and other news organizations were forced to send across the globe.

 

 

 

 

While I acknowledge that some members of the “settler” movement have gone too far with some of their tactics, they are in the minority. In any event, the worst of these tactics does not even come close to murdering innocent people, and I therefore reject any comparison between them and the PLO Arab terrorists.

1 thought on “Showing Their True Colors”

  1. Thanks for this. I have been reading the distorted reports from various sources and my heart was aching for Israel. I did see a few simliar pictures at Ynet. I have not seen any of these in the press in the US. It is possible that I missed them.

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