Pallywood

Pallywood, a portmanteau of Palestine and Hollywood, is a word referring to the alleged fraud or distortion by some Palestinians to make Israel look horrible.

History

The word existed after the death of Muhammad al-Durrah in 2000 when the Second Intifada began, involving doubts about whether certain photographic evidence is real.'Caught in the Mohammad al-Dura crossfire , by Calev Ben-David, The Jerusalem Post, October 12, 2007:: But pro-Israel media-watchdog advocates have gone further, arguing that the footage is a prime example of what has been dubbed "Pallywood" - media manipulation, distortion and outright fraud by the Palestinians (and other Arabs, such as the Reuters photographer caught faking photos during the Second Lebanon War), designed to win the public relations war against Israel. Richard Landes made Pallywood popular by his online documentary titled "Pallywood: According to Palestinian Sources", which exposed what he considered media manipulation by Palestinians. Journalist Ruthie Blum defines Pallywood as Landes' word for staged scenes by Palestinians in collaboration with Western camera crew, aimed at advertising against Israel under the guise of news. 

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