Israel uses the net

[Gonz]

to get the real message across

For the first time in more than three years and after scores of suicide bombings, the Israeli government has taken the horror and gore of a bus bombing directly to the public via the Internet, bypassing what one senior Israeli official called the "distorted" coverage of the international news media.

The decision to put the graphic five minute and 38-second video on the Israeli Foreign Ministry Web site just hours after Thursday's explosion, which killed 11 people and the bomber, has unleashed an emotional public debate in a nation weary of a conflict that has turned Israeli buses, cafes and public streets into targets and frustrated by political leadership on both sides that has not ended the violence.

Will it help?

Washington Post

 

[paul_valaru]

Maybe, if people see what effect a bombing has.

but I doubt it

 

[Gotnolegs]

I doubt it'll help either side, but lets face it, after both Al-Jazeera and the US govt. used photos as propoganda it was only to be expected that others would follow suit.

 

[Camelyn]

Well their purpose was to spark international debate and bring Israel back into the headlines. I'd say they have succeeded.
Unfortunately, the debate is about the ethics of using graphic imagery and people’s innate fascination with such imagery to advance a political agenda; not about the need for peace.

 

[freako104]

political agendas have been supersceding peace for centruries

 

[Gonz]

political agenda's have also created peace where there was none (yes the opposite is also true)

 

[freako104]

forced peace is peace isnt it