Israel Thread

[Idaho]

Look at the headline on this piece in the new York times:

Wife of Palestinian Hunger Striker Denies He’s Sneaking Food

Classic response to hunger strikers. Attack the legitimacy and sincerity of the protest. Undermine sympathy by either making light or hinting at fraud.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/0....facebook.com/

It's a tactic that states have used against hunger strikers since media was invented. The British state claimed the same against the suffragettes and the IRA.