“the power of images is to reflect reality”, analyzes Marie Peltier, historian specializing in propaganda

The IDF chose to broadcast violent images of the October 7 attack in front of international journalists. “That doesn’t surprise me because it’s a desire to rehumanize things, to show the reality of Hamas’ terrorist acts. (…) the power of images is to reflect reality. (…) the information war is also a war of conviction“, analyzes Marie Peltier, historian specializing in propaganda.

A gap between public opinion and institutions

Images which arrive as demonstrations in favor of Palestine are organized around the world. In France, “we see that there is a gap between a part of public opinion convinced by the Palestinian cause, and at the same time, we see the institutions which tend to carry the story via Israel“, according to the historian.