But then I imagine the East Berliners and Poles weren't treated as badly as the Palestinians by the Israelis with supplies being cut, economy starved and brought to collapse with little hope of ever restoring it, daily raids with innocent civilians as casualties, airstrikes, and kidnapping of government officials.
Controlling the media to make their actions harmless as opposed to the oppressed was done in either event I believe.
On the other hand my history of that era isn't all that great either.