CAMERA
DISTORTS THE PICTURE
Zionist
propaganda body seeks volunteers to distort Wikipedia input on Middle East
By
Khalid Amayreh
A
Zionist hasbara (propaganda) body based in North America is
trying to recruit “volunteers” whose main job is to distort the input of the
internet’s most visited websites in Israel’s favor.
Propaganda
efforts are reportedly focused on popular sites such as Wikipedia, the huge
on-line encyclopedia which can be edited by anyone
CAMERA,
which calls itself a “committee for accuracy in Middle East reporting in
America,” already has a team of dozens of paid Jewish propagandists who
regularly and often scandalously distort basic data pertaining to such themes
as Israeli apartheid, Zionism and its ideological similarity to Nazism, Israeli
state terror and ill-treatment of Palestinians as well as other issues related
to the Israeli Palestinian conflict.
Recently
CAMERA sent a circular to potential Zionist propagandists, asking them to help
ensure a pro-Israeli bias in the internet.
“The
idea behind Wikipedia is that if thousands of well-meaning and informed
volunteers collaborate on an online encyclopedia, the result would be more
accurate, up-to-date and inclusive than any print encyclopedia could possibly
be.”
The
circular went on: “CAMERA seeks 10 volunteers to help us keep Israel-related
entries on Wikipedia from becoming tainted by anti-Israel editors. All it takes
to be an effective volunteer is a basic comfort level with computers. Call or
email me, and I will train you on how to become a volunteer Wikipedia editor.”
Reputed
for its notoriously mendacious and inaccurate input, CAMERA has consistently
sought to exonerate the Israeli occupation forces of war crimes committed against
innocent civilians especially in the Gaza Strip.
Acting
as a propaganda mouthpiece for the Israeli occupation army, the group, relying
on questionable and often concocted statements by Israeli army spokespersons,
argued on many occasions that the widespread killing of Palestinian civilians
by the Israeli army occurred by mistake and that measures were often taken to
minimize civilian casualties.
Earlier
this year, the Israeli army carried out a virtually genocidal onslaught against
the nearly totally unprotected Gaza Strip, killing and maiming thousands of
innocent civilians, including hundreds of children.
Moreover,
a sustained aerial bombing by the Israeli air force destroyed more than six
thousand Palestinian homes and hundreds of public buildings including more than
a hundred mosques.
CAMERA,
whose staff includes former Israeli Shine Beth’ officials, attacked the
recently-published Goldstone report, accusing the former South African Judge,
who is Jewish, of reporting “inaccurate information.”
The
Goldstone report, based on meticulously authenticated data obtained first-hand
testimonies from victims, accused the Israeli forces of knowingly and
deliberately committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the
21-day onslaught.
The
data contained in the Goldstone report were corroborated by testimonies made by
Israeli soldiers who took part in the winter onslaught.
Israel,
apparently fearing international condemnation, had refused to cooperate with
the Goldstone commission
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