Israel Defender

Archive for July, 2010

1. Woefully Ignorant or Willfully Misleading?

   Monday, July 26th, 2010

   In a polemic published last month in the New York Review of Books, “The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment,” Peter Beinart argued that American Jews, especially the younger generation, are turning their backs on Israel. Beinart expounded on the points of his original essay during a recent lecture. Just as in the original article, Dr. Dherman analyses Beinart`s argument and shows how it is profoundly flawed.

2. How Israel Can Win the PR War

   Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

   Its very hard to dislodge those notions ”” to convince them, for instance, that Israel did not wantonly target civilians in last years war in Gaza, or has not created a humanitarian crisis there by its blockade. But it is possible to persuade them that no matter how bad Israel is, its enemies are much, much worse ”” and therefore even someone who dislikes Israel should nevertheless back it against those enemies.

3. Public relations battle is a marathon,
   

   Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

   Israel learned lessons from previous crises and improved accordingly. No one can argue the system worked perfectly, but we will endeavor to learn even more lessons from this crisis to further improve for the future. HOWEVER, NO ONE should be fooled into thinking that this is an easy battle. Just as when an army is involved in asymmetric warfare, in asymmetric public relations, there are structural disadvantages for any fully functioning democratic government.

4. Public relations battle is a marathon,
   not a sprint

   Friday, July 16th, 2010

   Israels public diplomacy has become the new battlefield and if one gauges the results, it is clear that there are many positives. There is not one credible member of the international media that still parrots the stated motives of the organizers of the flotilla. Every major international network reported the flotilla story using IDF Spokesmans videos within hours of the events. More and more correspondents, many who were previously very critical of Israeli policy, have placed the blame squarely on the shoulders of the flotilla organizers. These are very real successes.

5. Standing down the hate-filled jury

   Friday, July 16th, 2010

   The jury found the five innocent because it accepted as a valid defense their claim that they vandalized the plant because they wanted to prevent Israel from carrying out war crimes in Gaza. EDO MBM does business with the IDF, therefore, the defendants claimed and the jury agreed, it deserved to be attacked.

6. An irrational, obscene hatred

   Friday, July 16th, 2010

   Such raw hatred of Jews, let alone Israel, is commonplace in the Middle East, even without an excuse such as last weeks deadly incident. The “peace flotilla” was no such thing. It had some peaceful people aboard, but its organizer, IHH, is a part of the Muslim Brotherhood, an openly terrorist organization pledged to the destruction of Israel and the triumph of Sharia law everywhere.

7. Why aid the enemy?

   Monday, July 5th, 2010

   By Prof. Efraim Inbar Israel has every right to close its border to a belligerent neighbor intent on eradicating it. Bowing to misguided international pressure, particularly from the West, the government lifted nearly three years of restrictions on civilian goods allowed into the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. The restrictions had been imposed in reaction to the […]

8. Treading through the baloney

   Monday, July 5th, 2010

   “Lets be clear here. If you deal with Hamas, Hizbullah and Syria, you are dealing with thugs and murderers. Sometimes you do have to deal with thugs and murderers, but never forget that reality. And one thing you have to remember is that such people arent going to make deals with you, keep their promises, become moderate or respect your interests no matter how much you bribe or bow to them.” Prof. Barry Rubin