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| + | |URL=http://www.debka.com | ||
| + | |description=An Israeli intelligence website. | ||
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| + | According to [[Brian Whitaker]], writing in ''[[The Guardian]]'', it has a [[propaganda]] role: | ||
| − | + | :A banner at the top of each page says: "We start where the media stop" - a claim that few could disagree with, since Debka blends fact, fantasy and propaganda in ways that make it difficult to separate one from the other. | |
| − | + | :One of Debka's recurring obsessions is its belief that the PLO, Hizbullah, Syria, Iraq and Iran have all joined a secret alliance against Israel. Many of its stories are tailored to support this theory. | |
| − | + | :Anyone who has witnessed the repeated failure of Arab countries to agree on a united course of action about any issue of importance ought to have serious doubts about the likelihood of such an alliance.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4164310,00.html Israeli website mixes fact and fantasy], Brian Whitaker, Guardian.co.uk, 3 April 2001.</ref> | |
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==Staff== | ==Staff== | ||
*[[Giora Shamis]] - Chief Editor | *[[Giora Shamis]] - Chief Editor | ||
*[[Diane Shalem]] - English Editor and Head of Research | *[[Diane Shalem]] - English Editor and Head of Research | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:44, 9 March 2015
According to Brian Whitaker, writing in The Guardian, it has a propaganda role:
- A banner at the top of each page says: "We start where the media stop" - a claim that few could disagree with, since Debka blends fact, fantasy and propaganda in ways that make it difficult to separate one from the other.
- One of Debka's recurring obsessions is its belief that the PLO, Hizbullah, Syria, Iraq and Iran have all joined a secret alliance against Israel. Many of its stories are tailored to support this theory.
- Anyone who has witnessed the repeated failure of Arab countries to agree on a united course of action about any issue of importance ought to have serious doubts about the likelihood of such an alliance.[1]
Staff
- Giora Shamis - Chief Editor
- Diane Shalem - English Editor and Head of Research
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References
- ↑ Israeli website mixes fact and fantasy, Brian Whitaker, Guardian.co.uk, 3 April 2001.
