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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/The-invisible-industry-of-deceit-462343
The Industry of Deceit
(Jerusalem Post) Ardie Geldman - A young woman from a Christian university in the U.S. looked at me and in a voice filled with pathos asked, "But why does Israel steal water from the Palestinians?" I answered: "Do you know factually that Israel 'steals' water from the Palestinians?" "Well," she said, "this is what they told us." "They" being any of a number of NGOs that draw from the Palestinian narrative. These organizations share one fundamental objective - to proselytize the message that the Palestinians are an oppressed people and Israel is the oppressor. Myriad overseas visitors to Israel and the PA take part in organized programs of subtle political indoctrination. Their total number reaches into the tens of thousands each year. Ignorance or naivete combined with a good heart are the characteristics that allow these programs to mold these participants by exposing them to certain experiences while denying them others. In addition, these groups are repeatedly exposed to a politicized lexicon centered on words such as "occupation," "resistance," "injustice," "apartheid," and "genocide." Historical facts are either blurred, perverted or invented.