Hasbara

The initiative, which will see the inclusion of over 5,000 participants overall, is being led by the Foreign Affairs Ministry and Minister Gideon Sa'ar.

Public diplomacy in Israel has been an issue that no one has known how to handle successfully.

According to Israel Police, "a report was received about a brawl between drivers on a road in Jaffa, during which sounds of gunfire were heard—no injuries were reported."

Just like at this war’s seven military fronts, the battle over the narrative is one that Israel cannot afford to lose.

Students stand where terror struck, listen to the voices of residents, soldiers, survivors of terror and their families, and walk through towns scarred by war.

Gideon Sa’ar was quoted as terming hasbara a “consciousness warfare.” It could be that it is more. I would say it is cognitive warfare. And in war, much should be considered “fair.”

Tal will explain why he now feels that, while he can't accept the changes proposed in the reform, he can also no longer wholeheartedly participate in protests against it. 

The totality of the failure of collective American Jewish organizations to get even basic facts about Israel to be spread in the US is astounding. Time for Israel to pay for a PR firm.

South African by birth, Jewish by choice: Israel’s fiercest defenders don’t always wear uniforms. Some wear heels, quote Torah, and fight fire with truth.

Israel should turn tourism into a national public diplomacy project and collaborate with organizations dedicated to Israeli advocacy and develop a model equipping travelers with tools for engagement.