<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Occupied Palestine | فلسطين]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[occupiedpalestine]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/author/hajarhajar/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Captain Israel is back, and better than&nbsp;ever!]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><strong>by gangreentv on <span class="uppercase">January 6, 2012 | Mondoweiss</span></strong></p>
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<p>Captain Israel, the <a href="http://mondoweiss.net/2011/01/out-of-answers-on-how-to-confront-bds-standwithus-comic-book-portrays-palestinians-and-allies-as-vermin-reminiscent-of-nazi-propaganda.html">hyper-masculine comic book creation published by ultra-right Israel advocacy organization StandWithUs</a> is so over-the-top in its portrayal of all things Israel as perfect in every way, that it&#8217;s almost a self-parody.</p>
<p>But fiddling about in Photoshop and altering a few word bubbles gives the good captain the culture-jam treatment, flipping the script and turning his anti-Palestinian propaganda campaign into self-reflexive hasbara humor. (<em>Click on the first image below to view it larger, and then click in the upper right hand corner to scroll to the next page.</em>)</p>
<p>From Capt Israel #2 &#8211; <a href="http://www.captisrael.com/issue_2/"><em>The Venomous BDS</em></a>:<em><br />
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<h5><a title="Captain Israel after" href="http://mondoweiss.net/images/2012/01/comicafter.jpg" rel="lightbox&lt;p class=&quot;jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent&quot;&gt;This slideshow requires JavaScript.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;gallery-67171-1-slideshow&quot; class=&quot;slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow slideshow-black&quot; data-trans=&quot;fade&quot; data-autostart=&quot;1&quot; data-gallery=&quot;[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/comicafter.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;67173&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;comicafter&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}]&quot; itemscope itemtype=&quot;https://schema.org/ImageGallery&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;"><img src="https://i2.wp.com/mondoweiss.net/images/2012/01/comicafter.jpg" alt="Captain Israel after" width="600" height="739" /></a></h5>
<p><em>The original:</em></p>
<h5><a title="Captain Israel before" href="http://mondoweiss.net/images/2012/01/original.jpg" rel="lightbox&lt;p class=&quot;jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent&quot;&gt;This slideshow requires JavaScript.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;gallery-67171-2-slideshow&quot; class=&quot;slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow slideshow-black&quot; data-trans=&quot;fade&quot; data-autostart=&quot;1&quot; data-gallery=&quot;[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/comicafter.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;67173&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;comicafter&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}]&quot; itemscope itemtype=&quot;https://schema.org/ImageGallery&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/mondoweiss.net/images/2012/01/original.jpg" alt="Captain Israel before" width="600" height="778" /></a></h5>
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<p><strong><a href="http://mondoweiss.net/2012/01/captain-israel-is-back-and-better-than-ever.html">Source and more at Mondoweiss</a>.</strong></p>
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