"I think the demonization of Islam and the Arab world is identical to what happened 100 years ago," Jay Winter said
(a Yale University history professor whose specialty is World War I). "The Arab is now a stock figure, a caricature, a symbol of fanaticism, of infinite cruelty and no regard for human rights."
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As some of you may remember, no so long ago I was called-to-task in the group to explain myself on the phrase "Hostile Arab Palestine" (HoAP); as opposed to the phrase non-Hostile Arab Palestinian (nHoAP). The use of HoAP
(a subset of Palestinians) was to insure that my thoughts and expressions were not all culturally blanketing. When I referred to the HoAP
(as a subset of Palestinians) as terrorists, I was not lumping in the subset of nHoAP
(not all Palestinians are terrorists).
To say that the Palestinians in the subset belonging to the following are terrorist, is not to say that all Palestinians are terrorists (as defined by
EU COUNCIL DECISION 2014/72/CFSP of 10 February 2014:
- Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade.
- Al-Aqsa e.V.
- Hamas, including Hamas-Izz al-Din al-Qassem.
- Palestinian Islamic Jihad PIJ.
- Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine PFLP.
- Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine General Command (a.k.a. PFLP General Command).
And to say that Palestinians that proved organizational assistance, instigating activities for, facilitate the operations, participating in their operations, financing, and encouraging or tolerating their activities ARE terrorist supporting Arabs (
A/RES/60/288). That is not demonization; just a simple set of facts.
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Demonization is something different done for a special purpose. The something different is the material is not representative of the factual ground truth or reality. Calling Jews a "NAZI" is much different that calling HAMAS a "Jihadist." It would be damn difficult to find a NAZI Jew; therefore it is not representative of the facts or the ground truth. On the other hand, finding a Jihadist in a room full of HAMAS is easy; - they are all Jihadist by oath of the Covenant. The entire Islamic Resistance Movement are Jihadist of one sort or another.
The use of Fake Atrocities and Propaganda Films, or the over dramatization of an inadvertent event, is another form of demonization. Most recently the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (Navi Pillay) was running up and down the hallways, beating the drum, after News Report of a UNRWA school being struck by Israeli Artillery, come to find out that true story was somewhat different. In this case, effective Palestinian demonization of the Israeli created the environment that the dim witted High Commissioner immediately blamed Israel and called for a War Crimes investigation. There was no recent mention of an investigation into Palestinian War Crimes.
We should be very careful when we use propaganda adopted inferences and phrases.
You should not say:
Ceterum censeo Hamasinem esse delendam! (HAMAS must --- is fit to be --- should be destroyed!) It is a form of demonization for the educated, popularized in the Roman Senate.
Most Respectfully,
R