Pallywood

English

Etymology

Blend of Palestinian +‎ Hollywood.

Proper noun

Pallywood

1. (politics, derogatory) Alleged or real manipulation or distortion of the media by Palestinian sources to promote a pro-Palestinian agenda; 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.

See also

• Pollywood
• hasbara