Robert Cohen, a thoughtful commentator on the politics of Israel and Palestine, addresses an animated propaganda video designed to undermine support for the movement for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) among students, particularly during Israel Apartheid Week . The film is voiced by, and credited to, former chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, and is produced by an Israeli advertising production company.
Cohen’s analysis focuses on the script and its mix of hyperbole, distortions and plain untruths. Visual artists or scholars might wish to make a further analysis of the visual imagery which creates fear-mongering, self-serving and plain racist stereotypes and caricatures to generate fear and hatred of Palestinians and those who campaign for Palestinian rights.
Below is Cohen’s rebuttal, cross-posted from his own blog .
Dear Jonathan Sacks:
Artists for Palestine UK 