A quick guide to Israeli PR:
- We haven’t heard reports of deaths; will check into it
- The people were killed, but by a faulty Palestinian rocket/bomb
- OK we killed them, but they were terrorists
- OK they were civilians, but they were being used as human shields
- OK there were no fighters in the area, so it was our mistake. But we kill civilians by accident, they do it on purpose
- OK we kill far more civilians than they do, but look at how terrible other countries are!
- Why are you still talking about Israel? Are you some kind of anti-semite?
Adam Johannes, co-host of the podcast Sources Required