Did you know that in the distance of blabbering on the TV remote in front of you are the channels that broadcast orchestrated calls for murder, for the domination of a dictatorship, for the extermination of a people and other things?
For Israelis who are proficient in the Russian language, there is nothing new in this sentence.
In the Russian channels, which are included in the packages of all the television providers in the country, hair-raising things are constantly heard, which, if translated into Hebrew, would shake the foreheads of the barriers.
The hate broadcasts of the channels on behalf of the Russian regime are currently directed against all democracies, and against the State of Israel in particular.
The person sitting in the Kremlin controls them unreservedly, and willingly turns the fire on for any purpose.
When a few years ago the Syrian air force accidentally shot down a Russian army plane, and the Russians blamed Israel, our country became a target for the Russian channels for a while, and we learned in our flesh that propaganda humiliation knows no bounds. In the back, the channels shouted, revenge must be taken on the "people of relief."
Even in the days when their correction, the Russian propaganda channels are promoting a hostile agenda.
You will not hear there about Jerusalem, the capital of Israel, because they link the title of capital to Tel Aviv.
You will not hear about the murderous intentions of Iran and Syria, because Israel is presented as "inciting the fire."
You will not hear about the terrorism of Hamas and Hezbollah, because the voice from Moscow claims that these are not terrorist organizations.
Putin's Russia will raise huge budgets for the establishment of a brainwashing system from the most sophisticated known totalitarian regimes.
Although its main target audiences are in Russia itself, the public outside Russia also "wins" its share of propaganda, especially if it is a Russian-speaking public.
In the tool arsenal of Russian propaganda there are no red lines, and everything is kosher - lies, pikes, distortions, incitement, anti-Semitism.
And when they are repeated over and over again, there will always be those who will believe, even from within us.
It is difficult for a citizen of a democratic state to understand the mechanism of action of Russian-style propaganda, and he tends to take lightly its influence.
Maybe these are unusual opinions, he wonders to himself, but what harm have they done?
The answer is simple: in today's world it is a weapon for everything, and just like a weapon, the waves of lies from Moscow are meant to dominate the worldviews that serve Putin.
And yes, just like weapons, they end up killing.
Contemporary Russia is not alone.
Although she very much included the brainwashing methods, she did not invent them.
Dumb propaganda was used in Nazi Germany and the Stalinist Soviet Union, and in both cases led to the brutality of millions and countless casualties.
Today's dictators also throw their jaws at the weapons of propaganda and subversion wrapped in television packaging, and suffice it to mention Qatar's al-Jazeera.
When Israel allows this subversive propaganda to continue, it agrees that the dictators will attach a gun to its temple.
If we are objects of life, the celebration of the propaganda of the dictatorships must be stopped.
Were we wrong?
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