This instance shows the proof of the power of a picture on the cover of the New York Times. 

Even if the picture is a fake and the poor Arab child is actually a child suffering from cystic fibrosis and not starvation, the facts matter less than the impact of the lie. 

Has there ever been a country that battled their enemy while also feeding them 1.8 million tons of food? Israel is the only country that feeds its enemy.