Meanings
- derogatoryethnicoffensiveslurgovernmentThe claimed manipulation or distortion of the media by Palestinian sources to promote a pro-Palestinian point of view; Palestinian propaganda.
A pro-Palestinian website painted the Tamimi mother and daughter as “determined lionesses”; Israeli ones as manipulative “Pallywood” frauds playing for the cameras.
2015 September 1, Peter Beaumont, “Nabi Saleh images illustrate changing asymmetry of Israeli-Palestinian conflict”, in The Guardian, →ISSN1 more example
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.
2014 July 31, James Fallows, “On David Frum, The New York Times, and the Non-Faked 'Fake' Gaza Photos”, in The AtlanticSynonyms: Gazawood
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe claimed manipulation or distortion of the media by Palestinian sources to promote a pro-Palestinian point of view; Palestinian propaganda.
Origin
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Pallywood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pallywood
“Pallywood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pallywood. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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