This kind of manipulation happens all the time regarding the “Palestinian” jihad, and it works. Over decades, it has moved American public opinion from ardent support of Israel to a newly fashionable anti-Semitism. And the “Palestinian” jihad is just one arena in which people are doused with this propaganda.
“Sky News Headline Skews Facts About Attempted Car Ramming,” by Gidon Ben-Zvi, Honest Reporting, June 25, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
On Wednesday, a Palestinian Arab driver drove into soldiers at an Israeli checkpoint tower near Jerusalem. In response, Israeli Border Police on the scene opened fire and killed the driver.
Palestinian officials charged Israel with cold-blooded murder. According to them, the suspect, a nephew of senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat, was simply rushing to pick up his sister and mother ahead of a family wedding later Tuesday evening.
However, security footage released by the Border Police, showing the vehicle turning sharply and speeding up abruptly when close to the soldiers, leaves little doubt as to the nature of the incident.
This is the headline from Sky News:
From the headline, you wouldn’t have known that Israeli soldiers were the target of a terrorist attack. Instead, Sky News buries that lead. Readers are told only that the border guards opened fire on and killed a relative of a top PLO official, with no justification mentioned…
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