Bayefsky outlines the step-by-step process (there are 8 altogether) of demonizing Israel--with examples. The first four steps are:
- Step One: Wrap everything U.N. — hate-mongering included — in the flag of human rights...
- Step Two: Pretend the critic is incapable of following U.N. events or ignorant of the intricacies of U.N. affairs. In this case, Mokhiber begins by claiming my criticism of his remarks couldn’t possibly be accurate as “…she was not even present.”...
- Step Three: Stand on a large soapbox and scream racism, Palestinian persecution, and foreign occupation in the same breath...
- Step Four: Accuse those who object to Israel’s treatment at the U.N. of propagating the idea that Israel can do no wrong...
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