Debka

Debka is an Israeli intelligence website. 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.

Website

www.debka.com

Staff

• Giora Shamis - Chief Editor
• Diane Shalem - English Editor and Head of Research