Holocaust Denial and An semi sm: Deconstruc ng the ...

Holocaust Denial and An0semi0sm: Deconstruc0ng the Media

Dr. Gabriel Mayer : Deconstruc4ong Media

France July 2014


Outline 1. An4semi4sm: Zionism and Israel 2. An4semi4sm: virulent manifesta4ons 3. World Media (Fourth Estate) a) Poli4cal opera4ve b) Theatrical staging of events c) Types of media: TV, Press, Internet, and the Entertainment Industry i. Dieudonne (France) ii. White Supremacist Rock Music (US) Dr. Gabriel Mayer : Deconstruc4ong Media

Outline Con4nued 4. Pales4nian Conflict: The Current BaVlefield for An4semi4sm a) Background: i. 1967 War ii. KGB training Yasser Arafat iii. Reframing poli4cs from territorial mission to human rights missing iv. Inven4on of the Pales4nian problem (without which we would have just goVen a larger Jordan) b) The Sophis4ca4on of the Pales4nian Media Concept: The Human Shield •  i. 2006 Hezbollah manuals ii. 2014 Hamas manuals 5. Europe Today a) Discourse dominated by vociferous Islamist plurality b) Modeled on a tapestry of classic European An4semi4sm Dr. Gabriel Mayer : Deconstruc4ong Media

Strategies of Contemporary An4semi4sm 1.  Portraying the policies of the US as serving “Zionist” interests, benefidng the State of Israel, and suppor4ng Jewish “Interna4onal goals.” 2.  Defining Jews as defenders of Western concepts, values and ways (read Colonialism) 3.  Accusing Israel of Nazi-‐like prac4ces and ideas, and associa4ng Israeli leaders with Hitler, while using terms such as genocide, ethnic cleansing and war crimes. 4.  Employing conspiracy theories and the like as a way of linking Jews to larger, more sinister maVers, from control of interna4onal business and banking to “Zionist” domina4on of US foreign policy. Dr. Gabriel Mayer : Deconstruc4ong Media

Tac4cs of S4gma4zing Israel and Judaism

•  BoycoVs and disinvestment campaigns directed at Israel •  Introducing one-‐sided interna4onal resolu4ons that single out Israel and its policies •  Efforts to target and remove Israeli faculty from research projects and academic boards •  Framing hate messages against Israel, Jews, and Judaism in the name of academic and press freedom •  Physical aVacks on Jews and Jewish ins4tu4ons •  Introducing in the interna4onal media headlines, defamatory cartoons, and stories inaccurately portraying Israel •  Conspiracy theories Dr. Gabriel Mayer : Deconstruc4ong Media •  Holocaust Denial


Trivializing Holocaust


Racist Rock


Naturei Karta


INFLUENTIAL MEDIA EVENTS •  Media Events Include Poli0cal Discourse •  Natan Sharansky 3D Test of An4-‐Semi4sm: •  Demoniza)on Double Standards Deligi)miza)on •  Divestment = new addi0on Dr. Gabriel Mayer : Deconstruc4ong Media

Defining An4-‐Zionism 1. Mar4n Luther King Jr. Harvard University Speech, “I have a Dream for Peace in the Middle East.” 1968 (San Francisco Chronicle, January 21, 2002) MLK states, “when people cri)cize Zionists, they mean Jews; you are talking an)-‐ Semi)sm.” 2. 1975 UN Resolu4on equates Zionism with Racism Dr. Gabriel Mayer : Deconstruc4ong Media

World Media (as Fourth Estate) 1.  Poli4cal opera4ve ac4ng independently 2.  A theater for An4semi4c events


Defining Media •  TV: •  Press: •  Internet: •  Entertainment –  Dieudonne: Recent study demonstrates substan4al long-‐term funding by Iranian agents. –  White Supremacist Rock Music Dr. Gabriel Mayer : Deconstruc4ong Media

BaVleground: Pales4nian Conflict •  Post 1967 War: Yasser Arafat trained by KGB in new tac4c: abandon territorial claims in favor of human rights theme •  Post 1967 War: the birth of the Pales4nian issue. Which might have been a footnote in the history of a larger Jordan.


Sophis4ca4on of the Media Campaign •  HUMAN SHIELDS: –  2006 Hezbollah manuals –  2014 Hamas manuals –  Manuals detailed strategies instruc4ng combatants to take advantage of civilian targets and to op4mize media exposure.


INEFFECTIVE


INEFFECTIVE


State Dept. Report Highlights Rising European Anti-Semitism Plight of Mideast Christians

INEFFECTIVE


IGNORED


HIGHLY EFFECTIVE


A Closer Look

•  Shifra Hospital aler being hit by a misdirected Hamas Rocket •  Note: The event was reported by Indian Press crew, only aler being safely out of GDr. aza and away from HAMAS CENSORHIP Gabriel Mayer : Deconstruc4ong Media


Implica4ons •  An en4re summer spectacle of an4-‐Semi4sm is taking place on the very same con4nent where two out of three Jews were once murdered by the Nazis and their various European enablers.


Brussels Museum Shoo4ng

