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Hi ,
The news broke overnight that a the first phase of a peace deal had been agreed between Israel and Hamas to end the IDF's offensive in Gaza, and there is cautious optimism from both sides.
But what links the propaganda used by the Israeli army to justify its attack on Gaza to a small coastal town in Scotland?
We revealed yesterday that graphics used by the IDF in flashy videos depicting alleged Hamas-occupied buildings and Iranian missile sites actually came from 3D models of a boat-building workshop in a Scottish town's museum.
This unlikely story came after months of work from The Ferret and an international group of journalists and researchers, who discovered several scans from the Scottish Maritime Museum’s being used in Israeli army propaganda.
Read on to find out more...
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Yours,
Ali
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It’s a quaint museum in a coastal town whose aim is to educate Scotland about its rich maritime heritage. Housed within an A-listed Victorian building in Irvine, the Scottish Maritime Museum is a popular attraction hosting exhibitions, workshops and play sessions for children.
But we can reveal today that one of the most advanced military forces in the world used 3D scans of the museum’s boat building workshop in propaganda videos for its operations in Gaza, Iran and Syria.
A months-long investigation by The Ferret and a group of international journalists found there have been 40 propaganda animations produced by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the past two years – including several using the Scottish Maritime Museum’s 3D scans.
The IDF’s videos have been widely disseminated through its official channels and picked up by major media worldwide including the BBC, Daily Mail, Fox News and CNN, giving them significant reach.
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