Tag Archives: Hasbara

Heard in Jerusalem: “Hasbara” has become something resembling a dirty word

JERUSALEM STRATEGIC TRIBUNE In Israel, A Public Diplomacy Pivot Ilan Berman July 7, 2025 …Belatedly, Israeli authorities have concluded that an overhaul of their messaging is in order. Officials in Jerusalem now increasingly refer to waging a “war of knowledge” … Continue reading

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Projection 101: America and Israel are being accused of imperialism and colonialism by medieval Islamic imperialists and colonialists

FRONT PAGE MAG Why Pro-Israel Hasbara Fails by Daniel Greenfield June 10, 2021 …The typical campaign shows that Israel is diverse, a country with a tech industry and beaches, gay pride parades and soldiers in bikinis, minority doctors and coffee … Continue reading

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Jews are Indigenous: Why Israel Advocacy Fails

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Hila Hershkoviz February 8, 2015 ..The indigeneity of Jews to the land of Israel is not some vague, anemic, or obscure “semi-status.”  This is not only a matter of academic qualifications which we clearly meet – … Continue reading

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Israel’s hasbara efforts get a boost with new joint venture launched with StandWithUs

JERUSALEM POST by Staff January 16, 2015 Israel’s hasbara efforts just received an enormous boost thanks to a new collaborative effort launched jointly by the Prime Minister’s Office and StandWithUs. The initiative, in which StandWithUs will coordinate closely with the PMO’s … Continue reading

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Can we please stop talking about ‘Hasbara’?

JERUSALEM POST by Daniel Gordis November 6, 2014 Let’s stop asking why the Israeli government is so incompetent at telling its story, and focus on the question that matters. Let’s start asking instead: Why has the international community’s moral compass … Continue reading

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Sovereign States Don’t Do Hasbara

MIDA.ORG by Noga Arbell October 13, 2014 Israeli hasbara fails for one simple reason: people who obsessively try to justify themselves sound like someone who really does need to apologize • Sovereign states do not jump through hoops, explain or ask … Continue reading

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Young Israelis Fight Hashtag Battle to Defend #IsraelUnderFire [includes VIDEO]

NEW YORK TIMES by Robert Mackey July 15, 2014 Confronted with an outpouring of sympathy on social networks for Palestinians killed or wounded in Gaza in an eight-day military confrontation, a group of young Israelis is pushing back, using the … Continue reading

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