Mailbox: The power of propaganda

Key topics:Author challenges pro-Hamas narratives as propaganda and misinformationClaims Hamas exploits aid, harms civilians, and manipulates global opinionQuestions UN impartiality, citing alleged involvement in October 7 attacks.Sign up for your early morning brew of the BizNews Insider to keep you up to speed with the content that matters. The newsletter will land in your inbox at 5:30am weekdays. Register here.Support South Africa’s bastion of independent journalism, offering balanced insights on investments, business, and the political economy, by joining BizNews Premium. Register here.If you prefer WhatsApp for updates, sign up for the BizNews channel here..By Charl Oosthuizen.Almost 3 years into the war in Gaza between Israel and terror group Hamas, one thing we all would've noticed, or at least some of us, is the power of the 'Free Palestine' Propaganda machinery!In response to Adiel Asmal's latest letter 'Gaza's suffering, a warning to the World ', and T Markandan's letter titled 'Global outrage over the killing of journalists in Gaza', I would like to say this: your misleading pro-Hamas rhetoric has become very predictable, very stale and only profitable to those who fail to accept the truth of the Middle Eastern chaos caused by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Core.Multiple videos have surfaced showing Hamas fighters firing at their own people for wanting to grab some of the aid dropped by the IDF. One might ask why this is happening...well, consider recent footage of a skeleton-like Israeli hostage held in captivity by Hamas in a terror tunnel, and being asked to dig his own grave..yes, that shocking video that has now been displayed for the whole World to see...that one! If this is what Hamas is capable of doing, how on Earth are we supposed to believe any information coming out of Gaza? Likewise, with evidence of UN officials allegedly having taken part in the October 7th massacre, how could anyone possibly believe any statistics coming from the very organization who is supposed to be impartial, yet protects, bolsters and defends Hamas propaganda? It's time to stop lying to the public..Read more:.Pro-Palestinian protests rock elite US colleges amid Israel-Hamas tensions.In Adeel Asmal's letter, he bemoans the IDF's so-called strategy of starvation, yet, he fails to mention that Hamas has been notorious for stealing aid off trucks and re-selling the goods at inflated prices to its very own people! Considering the opportunities that lie herein, is it any wonder that Hamas us firing shots at Gazans fir wanting to help themselves, to what is rightfully theirs? But you see, my fellow readers, either Mr Asmal doesn't know what is going on, or he simply is denying the hard truth. Hamas has perfected the art of scapegoating- the art of using its very own people as bait to gain sympathy from the international audience- like a movie, it's all playing out in front of our eyes, and many people have bought into this narrative, out of sheer ignorance, lack of truth or over-sympathizing with a terror group parading as a 'resistance movement '. Why is that Arab nations such as Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain and Egypt have banned public support for Hamas? And why is it that Western nations such as Australia, Canada and the UK now embrace Hamas? The West has been infiltrated.To respond to Mr Markandan's letter, his outrageous claims of Israel killing babies whilst still suckling their mother's breasts, cannot be further from the truth! It is quite shocking! If Netanyahu wanted to commit a Genocide, why has it taken him almost 3 years now to clear out Gaza? He could've done it in one fowl swoop! With its current military power, Israel doesn't need to drop flyers from above to warn Gazans to flee from danger. Nor do they have to drop tons of aid, which lies rotting in the sun, due to the UN's incompetence! Please stop the propaganda, Mr Markandan. It is becoming very boring and predictable now.To those who want the truth, I urge you to do more research! Don't believe what I say! Go see for yourself! But don't just buy into the 'Free Free Palestine' narrative because you lack knowledge. It is very dangerous, and misleading.

Mailbox: The power of propaganda

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