Traditional public diplomacy is under strain as polarization reshapes how Israel is understood abroad.
Sadly, even after 73 years, Israel has not learned that it is not enough to be in the right, we must also be smart. When the State of Israel recently revealed to the international community the true ...
When Matt Lieb started Bad Hasbara, his comedy podcast about so-called Israeli and US propaganda, he had a specific audience in mind: himself. “A Jewish anti-Zionist podcast that made jokes at the ...
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Most hasbara is mediocre. It is high time for hasbara activists to admit that they can learn plenty from pro-Palestinian Arab propagandists. It is true that Palestinian Arab propaganda lies, distorts, ...
No doubt there are times that many supporters of Israel, here and in the Jewish state, have fantasized about approaching officials who defend Jerusalem in the media and saying, “You’re fired.” Indeed, ...
There are several Israel education and activism programs available to North American university students. However, Hasbara Fellowships is unique in that it brings hundreds of students to Israel each ...
Hasbara. How I loathe the term and what it has come to represent. Rather than referring to a proper, dignified, advocacy on behalf of Israel, the term “hasbara” has become something entirely different ...