A new Foreign Ministry cartoon (yup) aims to preempt the fallout from an expected UN report into the proceedings of Operation Protective Edge and allegations that war crimes were committed by both Israel and Hamas, the warring sides in the conflict.
In a 2-dimensional, “Southpark”-style animation, the 50-second clip shows a blond news anchor speaking of the rebuilding of Gaza as, behind him, Hamas gunmen can be seen carrying rockets and guns.
At the end of the clip, the journalist is given a pair of glasses. The woman who hands them to him says: “Here, maybe now you’ll be able to see the reality of life under Hamas rule.”
The clip follows hot on the heels of a more serious effort — an almost 300-page report on the war — that was released yesterday as a preemptive attack on the report by the special UN commission established at the end of the war.
Israel refused to cooperate with the commission, on the grounds that its head, William Schabas, is known for his anti-Israel bias and has in the past worked as a legal adviser to the PLO. Even after Schabas’s resignation, Jerusalem refused to cooperate with the UN commission of inquiry.
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