Intifada: The Palestinian Uprising by Donald Peretz

Author:Donald Peretz [Peretz, Donald]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Middle Eastern, Social Science, Political Science, World, Regional Studies
ISBN: 9780429718779
Google: 0iqNDwAAQBAJ
Goodreads: 44598464
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-03-04T00:00:00+00:00

As these two contrasting accounts of events at Kabatiya demonstrate, the attitudes and perceptions of observers could differ depending on what they read in the press, saw on television, or heard on the radio. For the average Israeli who did not serve in the regular army or the reserves, life went on as usual. In Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Ramat Gan, and even in most Jewish sectors of Jerusalem, the Intifada affected daily routines very little. Unlike the Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank and Arab Jerusalem, most Israelis continued their normal employment, went shopping as usual, sent their children to school daily, and even enjoyed vacations abroad or in some part of the country within the Green Line. True, reserve duty was extended and now included some unpleasant tasks; it was no longer advisable and at times forbidden to venture into the West Bank or East Jerusalem; and the Arab street cleaners, waiters, dishwashers in restaurants, and agricultural workers appeared less frequently than before. But, despite occasional shortages of Arab workers, daily life seemed quite normal; cafes and nightclubs were open, and concerts, theaters, and cinemas maintained their schedules. As for events in the territories, reports about the uprising in the press and on radio and television might have been about some distant military campaign.

For many Israelis, it was the media that caused all the trouble. Were it not for the "exaggerated" reports of correspondents in the territories, the IDF would have matters well in hand. Many even accused reporters of organizing demonstrations and stone throwing for the sake of a sensational story. As the Intifada entered its seventeenth month, an IDF spokesman proclaimed that although "Israel has lost the battle for the electronic media . . . it has succeeded in stabilizing the situation in the main battlefield." The problem was, he said, that we cannot make

Israel's political standing and image . . . prettier than it is. We have learned over the last 20 years, starting with Vietnam, that the electronic media will always be on the side of the civilians in confrontation with armed forces.

It doesn't matter if we're right or wrong. That's irrelevant. We didn't learn this basic lesson in the war in Lebanon.11

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