Joe Sacco’s Anti-Israel Propaganda Machine
Thursday, February 11th, 2010Famed Graphic Novelist Spins Falsified Tales on Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Joe Sacco, Graphic Novelist
I was treated to the rare delight of hearing one of the world’s most revered graphic novelists espouse the history of Palestinian-Israeli relations. Delightful as it was to watch Mr. Joe Sacco incriminate himself as a fraud.
As expected, Joe Sacco’s fans were out in full force at his “Footnotes in Gaza” book signing in Hollywood where dreams come true. In this case, Joe Sacco’s worst nightmare—That Israel Girl.
Joe Sacco began with “the problem all started when the Israeli’s drove the Palestinians out of their homes…later the Palestinians were forced to lead military incursions into Israel occupied Palestine for sustenance…” And the lies and Israel defamation went on from there.
After the discussion during the Q&A, That Israel Girl asked Joe Sacco, “I’m a little confused. Israel was declared a state
Joe Sacco's Latest "Footnotes in Gaza"
by a United Nations resolution. At the time, the Palestinians were offered a state side by side with Israel, but the Arabs instead chose to declare war on the Jews. So how is Israel the ‘occupied Palestine’ as you refer to it?”
A visibly worried Mr. Sacco replied: “Oh, did I say that? I must have misspoke. Yes, you are correct. Israel was declared a state by the UN. But I’m not going to go into the history of what happened at that time. It’s not important. I’m not going to get into it at all.”
A Palestinian man in the audience however did—and launched a verbal tirade against That Israel Girl stating “what she [meaning moi] says is a lie! The Arabs never attacked the Israel!…” etc. Wish you all could have been there for the exuberant fireworks.
Did I also mention Mr. Sacco admitted he couldn’t make it as a journalist? Yet he purports his graphic novel to be based on ethical journalistic practice. He professes to have conducted interviews with Palestinians and even lived amongst them.
Unfortunately, his Israeli interviews are far and few between. And his obvious anti-Israel bias, outright lies and defamation lead me to question his credibility—period.
Graphic Novel Classic Art Spiegelman's "Maus: A Survivor's Tale"...A far better read
He eluded to “numerous Israeli massacres” that never existed. He recreates history on behalf of Hamas. Joe Sacco—you are dangerous.
According to Publisher’s Weekly, retail graphic novel sales in 2004-2005 alone were somewhere in the neighborhood of $245 million. And they’ve only grown stronger. Graphic novels’ reach and influence are immense.
For this reason, graphic novels need to be taken seriously. Purveyors of outright lies on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict need to be exposed.
As Jews, we cannot keep quiet to Israel defamation of the highest order guised in make-shift “journalism” that smacks of propaganda. Joe Sacco—you are a sham.
And BTW, graphic novel–Maus: A Survivor’s Tale, as in Holocaust survivor, by Art Spiegelman is a far better read.
Sources:
1) Joe Sacco “Footnotes in Gaza” book signing at Skylight Books, Hollywood, CA, January 19, 2010.
2) From Comic Book to graphic Novel: Why Are Graphic Novels So Popular?
By Rachel J Allen CBS News.com
3) Joe Sacco produces comics from the hot zones, by Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times (MCT), Feb. 11, 2010
