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{{Infobox film
| name           = Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land
| image          = Peace-propaganda-and-the-promised-land.jpg
| caption        =
| director       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Sut Jhally]]
* [[Bathsheba Ratzkoff]]
}}
| producer       =
| writer         = {{Plainlist|
* Sut Jhally
* Bathsheba Ratzkoff
}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Noam Chomsky]]
* [[Robert W. Jensen|Robert Jensen]]
* [[Hanan Ashrawi]]
* [[Robert Fisk]]
}}
| music          =
| cinematography =
| editing        =
| distributor    = [[Media Education Foundation]]
| released       = {{Film date|2004}}
| runtime        = 80 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = {{Plainlist|
* English
* Arabic
* French
* Hebrew
* Spanish
}}
| budget         =
}}

'''''Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land''''' is a 2004 American [[documentary film]] directed by [[Sut Jhally]] and [[Bathsheba Ratzkoff]] which—according to the film's official website—"provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East, zeroing in on how structural distortions in U.S. coverage have reinforced false perceptions of the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]]" and which "analyzes and explains how—through the use of language, framing and context—the [[Israeli occupation of the West Bank]] and Gaza remains hidden in the news media".<ref name="mef">[http://www.mediaed.org/videos/MediaRaceAndRepresentation/PeacePropaganda Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604015438/http://www.mediaed.org/videos/MediaRaceAndRepresentation/PeacePropaganda |date=2008-06-04 }} by the [[Media Education Foundation]] (Official website)</ref><ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428959/ "Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land (2004)"], at [[IMDb]]</ref> The film argues that the influence of pro-Israel [[Watchdog journalism|media watchdog groups]], such as [[Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America|CAMERA]] and [[Honest Reporting]], has led to distorted and pro-Israel media reports.<ref name="video">[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6604775898578139565&q=Peace%2C+Propaganda+%26+the+Promised+Land Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314140126/http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6604775898578139565 |date=2008-03-14 }} on [[Google Video]]</ref> It features [[Noam Chomsky]], [[Robert W. Jensen|Robert Jensen]], [[Hanan Ashrawi]], [[Sam Husseini]], and [[Robert Fisk]], among others.<ref name="mef" /><ref name="video" />

In its response to the movie, the [[Jewish Community Relations Council]] (JCRC) of San Francisco, a Jewish communal advocacy organization, criticized the film for not discussing the influence of "the numerous pro‐Palestinian media watchdog groups, including [[Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting|FAIR]] (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, which describes itself as 'A National Media Watch Group'), whose spokesperson played a prominent role in the film".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jcrc.org/israel/p3l/P3L-Review.pdf |title=Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land: A Critical Review and Analysis |publisher=[[Jewish Community Relations Council|JCRC]] |accessdate=October 10, 2006 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061010011504/http://www.jcrc.org/israel/p3l/P3L-Review.pdf |archivedate=October 10, 2006}}</ref>

A review in ''[[The New York Times]]'' by [[Ned Martel]] found that the film "largely ignores Palestinian leadership, which has surely played a part in the conflict's broken vows and broken hearts. And such a lack of dispassion weakens the one-sided film's bold and detailed argument".<ref>Ned Martel, [https://web.archive.org/web/20071209083255/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/295440/Peace-Propaganda-The-Promised-Land-American-Media-The-Subversion-of-Peace/overview "Eager to Place the Blame for a Never-Ending Conflict" (review)], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 28, 2005.</ref>

== See also ==
; The media
* [[Media coverage of the Arab–Israeli conflict]]
* [[Media bias]]
* [[Propaganda]]
* [[Spin (public relations)|Spin]]
* [[Hasbara]]
; The conflict
* [[Arab–Israeli conflict]]
* [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]]
* [[Second Intifada]]

== References ==
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{{Noam Chomsky}}

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