Doing Yeoman Service For The Statesman: Four Familiar Israel-Demonising Maps

Doing Yeoman Service For The Statesman: Four Familiar Israel-Demonising Maps

The leftwing British New Statesman, in a recent"Chart Of The Day: Land and Freedom" by staff writer Alex Hern, reproduces something very similar (albeit in a different colour scheme) to these four familiar maps beloved of Israel-demonising propagandists everywhere, and poses the question:

"Supporters of a two-state solution must confront a stark question: is there enough land left for a viable Palestinian state?"

Inevitably,the resultant comments include such sentiments as the following (in response to a pro-Israel commenter), and the piece is being touted by Israel-haters (including Ben White) on Facebook this very day:

"Genocidal aspirations? An what would you call Israel's policy towards Gaza, one of the poorest areas in the world, dying thanks to the blockade. Genocide. What would you call the constant displacement of innocent Palestinians thanks to Israeli terror for the last 64 years? Ethnic Cleansing. What would you call the discrimination against Palestinians living in Israel purely on the grounds they aren't Jewish? Apartheid. All three crimes against humanity. All three Israel is guilty of. But the Zionist project is dying, there's no possibility of it surviving the way it is. Like South Africa the injustice will end and Palestinians and Israelis will live in one state equally and there's nothing you Zios can do about it. Bye bye Zionist project. Mission failed."

The inaccuracy of the maps has been demonstrated by Elder of Ziyon and others (seehere for a list), but of course once a lie (especially a lie that demonises Jews and/or Israel) is in the public arena it's very difficult to contain.  The latest to attempt to do so is Yaacov Lozowick (hat tip: J.W.)

Read Lozowick's compelling critique here

(The New Statesman's recent leader regarding Two States is here)