A little truth to counteract the lies

Last week David Ward was castigated for telling the truth about how Israel operates in the Holy Land. Now Rupert Murdoch has been forced to apologise for a cartoon which appeared in the Sunday Times, where Netenyahu is depicted laying bricks in the separation wall, using blood as his mortar. The cartoon, drawn by the celebrated cartoonist Gerald Scarfe, is in the best tradition of savage satire, in the same irreverent way as political cartoonists have worked in Britain since the 18th century.

Here are a few facts for your consideration. The pro-Jewish lobby in the U.S. is one of the most powerful and best funded in America. Their job is to keep support of Israel, right or wrong, at the front of the minds of senators and congressmen, every single day. Their work also raises $8 million a day through contributions from the American public, so clearly the work pays for itself, and then some. From this vast fortune, $6 million is allocated annually to a shadowy group whose exclusive purpose is to seek out any Palestinian initiative in the States and discredit it.

For instance, last year there was a travelling art exhibit featuring drawings by the children of Gaza. At every proposed venue protests and demonstrations were set up, and so effective were these that the majority of venues cancelled before the exhibit opened. The pro-Israeli group claimed the pictures weren't drawn by children at all, and when this was disproved, then claimed that they were "assisted by their teachers". So what you may ask: isn't that what teachers do everywhere?. The real problem of course, was what the children chose to depict: bombs falling from the sky, helicopters circling overhead, spitting death from their machine-guns, soldiers with rifles shooting at child protesters who are throwing stones at them. In other words, like any good artists, the children were showing what they themselves were seeing nearly every day. I haven't seen this exhibition in Britain yet; it may be that the Israeli dirty tricks campaign here has managed to scupper it already. We've already seen how far-reaching its powers are over here. I mean, let's face it, it can't be easy to get Rupert to grovel, but they got him to do it with ease. As for David Ward, he was easy meat....