Pallywood
English
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Etymology
[edit]Blend of Palestinian + Hollywood.
Proper noun
[edit]Pallywood
- (politics, derogatory) Alleged or real manipulation or distortion of the media by Palestinian sources to promote a pro-Palestinian point of view; Palestinian propaganda.
- Hypernym: propaganda
- 2014 July 31, James Fallows, “On David Frum, The New York Times, and the Non-Faked 'Fake' Gaza Photos”, in The Atlantic[1]:
- And because provocative imagery is sometimes faked, a few people I interviewed in Israel and the United States claimed that it must have been faked in the al-Dura case. The boy could not possibly have been shot! The whole thing was staged by the “Pallywood” propaganda film industry.
- 2015 September 1, Peter Beaumont, “Nabi Saleh images illustrate changing asymmetry of Israeli-Palestinian conflict”, in The Guardian[2], →ISSN:
- A pro-Palestinian website painted the Tamimi mother and daughter as “determined lionesses”; Israeli ones as manipulative “Pallywood” frauds playing for the cameras.