Media Analysis

Propaganda Literacy

Coverage audits, technique explainers, and systematic analysis of how mainstream media frames — and misframes — Palestine.

“A soldier fired a single shot” — Media Analysis

Sam Fahd Abu Haikal was seven months old. The IDF says a soldier perceived a vehicle accelerating. His father says the car was stopped and the soldier was standing ten metres away in full daylight. This has happened before. And before that. And before that. The way Western media tells each story — and which stories it tells at all — is a case study in how language erases responsibility, one passive verb at a time.

Technique Explainer

“Do you condemn Hamas?” — Propaganda Literacy

The question is not a question. It is a mechanism — designed to end conversation before it begins, sort guests into acceptable and unacceptable categories, and immunize military operations from scrutiny regardless of how the guest answers.

Analytical Piece

The Balfour Declaration as Propaganda

Technique Explainer

Reframing: How Propaganda Shapes Our Views

Every word that names a conflict carries embedded assumptions about who holds power, who holds blame, and what history led to this moment. Reframing is the systematic process by which those assumptions are replaced — and with them, the conclusions audiences draw. This article traces the technique from the academic laboratory to its application in Israeli public diplomacy.