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'''Hasbara''' may refer to :  
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'''Hasbara''' may refer to any of these, click for fuller coverage:  
  
* [[Hasbara (history)]] meaning of the word and history of Israeli efforts since 1977.
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* [[Hasbara (history)]] meaning of the word and history of Israeli efforts since 1977. Detailed coverage.
  
* [[Wikipedia's Hasbara]] - how hasbara has come to dominate all articles on Israel/Palestine at the Wikipedia. Mis-used sources, heavy-handed administrative interference and a lot of tricks.
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* [[Wikipedia's Hasbara]] - how hasbara has come to dominate all articles on Israel/Palestine at the Wikipedia. Mis-used sources, heavy-handed administrative interference and a lot of tricks. Detailed coverage.
  
* [[Hasbara (2002 Manual)]] [http://zionism-israel.com/issues/Zionism_Israel_Wujs2.html "Defending Israel and Zionism"] was produced by the [http://www.wujs.org.il World Union of Jewish Students] in 2002.
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* [[Hasbara (2002 Manual)]] [http://zionism-israel.com/issues/Zionism_Israel_Wujs2.html "Defending Israel and Zionism"] was produced by the [http://www.wujs.org.il World Union of Jewish Students] in 2002. A few details, please add.
  
* [https://wikispooks.com/wiki/2009_Global_Language_Dictionary Hasbara (2009 Manual)] examination of the ''2009 Global Language Dictionary''<ref>[http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Fmedia%2F70%2Ftip_report.pdf 2009 Global Language Dictionary] a professionally researched 116-page guide by The Information Project (TIP), 2009.</ref>, a professionally researched 116-page guide by The Information Project (TIP).
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* [https://wikispooks.com/wiki/2009_Global_Language_Dictionary Hasbara (2009 Manual)] examination of the [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Fmedia%2F70%2Ftip_report.pdf ''2009 Global Language Dictionary''] a professionally researched 116-page guide by The Information Project (TIP), 2009.</ref>, a professionally researched 116-page guide by The Information Project (TIP). Partial coverage, please add.
 
 
Click the link to visit articles with detailed treatment of each factor.
 
  
 
==Some favorite techniques==
 
==Some favorite techniques==
  
# Smearing/defaming critics of Israel, aka, attacking the messenger]. This is even the terminology found in the ''Hasbara Handbook''
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# Smearing/defaming critics of Israel, all criticism of Zionism is "the new antisemitism".
# Selective discussion of issues
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# Use of sources often so poor as to be completely discredited.
# Framing of issues, and setting the terminology used in discussing Israel
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# Attacking credible sources and witnesses, inventing or distorting trivial incidents.
# Harassing media about its coverage
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# Selective discussion of issues.
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# Controlling the language, towns instead of settlements, "disputed" instead of occupied.
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# Framing of issues, the siege of Gaza as a response to terror.
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# Harassing media about its coverage.
 
# Challenging the portrayal of an alternative narrative, and attempting to keep the Zionist narrative as the dominant one.
 
# Challenging the portrayal of an alternative narrative, and attempting to keep the Zionist narrative as the dominant one.
 
==Hasbara Campus Manual==
 
 
The [[File:Wujshasbara.pdf]] Hasbara Handbook: Promoting Israel on Campus, contains some interesting admission:
 
'''Propaganda is used by those who want to communicate in ways that engage the emotions and downplay rationality, in an attempt to promote a certain message.'''
 
 
It describe seven propaganda techniques:
 
 
#'''Name calling''': through the careful use of words name calling techniques link a person or an idea to a negative symbol.
 
#'''Glittering generality''': name calling in reverse.  Glittering generalities use positive phrases in order to lend positive image to things.  Words such as "freedom", "civilization" &hellip;
 
#'''Transfer''': involves taking some of the prestige and authority of one concept and applying it to another.  For example, a speaker might decide to speak in front of a United Nations flag, in an attempt to gain legitimacy for himself or his idea.
 
#'''Testimonial''': enlisting the support of somebody admired or famous to endorse an idea or campaign.
 
#'''Plain folks''': a technique that attempts to convince the listener that the speaker is a 'regular guy', who is trust-worthy  like 'you or me'.
 
#'''Fear''': the inculcation of fear.
 
#'''Bandwagon'''.
 
  
 
==External resources==  
 
==External resources==  
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*'''Laura Knight-Jadczyk,''' [http://www.sott.net/articles/show/125480-Hasbara,+Shmuel+Rosner+and+the+Israel+Factor Hasbara, Shmuel Rosner and the Israel Factor] - sott.net 11 January 2007
 
*'''Laura Knight-Jadczyk,''' [http://www.sott.net/articles/show/125480-Hasbara,+Shmuel+Rosner+and+the+Israel+Factor Hasbara, Shmuel Rosner and the Israel Factor] - sott.net 11 January 2007
 
==Notes==
 
 
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[[Category:Israel]]
 
[[Category:Israel]]
 
[[Category:Propaganda]]
 
[[Category:Propaganda]]

Revision as of 14:44, 14 December 2011

Hasbara may refer to any of these, click for fuller coverage:

  • Hasbara (history) meaning of the word and history of Israeli efforts since 1977. Detailed coverage.
  • Wikipedia's Hasbara - how hasbara has come to dominate all articles on Israel/Palestine at the Wikipedia. Mis-used sources, heavy-handed administrative interference and a lot of tricks. Detailed coverage.
  • Hasbara (2009 Manual) examination of the 2009 Global Language Dictionary a professionally researched 116-page guide by The Information Project (TIP), 2009.</ref>, a professionally researched 116-page guide by The Information Project (TIP). Partial coverage, please add.

Some favorite techniques

  1. Smearing/defaming critics of Israel, all criticism of Zionism is "the new antisemitism".
  2. Use of sources often so poor as to be completely discredited.
  3. Attacking credible sources and witnesses, inventing or distorting trivial incidents.
  4. Selective discussion of issues.
  5. Controlling the language, towns instead of settlements, "disputed" instead of occupied.
  6. Framing of issues, the siege of Gaza as a response to terror.
  7. Harassing media about its coverage.
  8. Challenging the portrayal of an alternative narrative, and attempting to keep the Zionist narrative as the dominant one.

External resources

  • Fadi Kiblawi, Israel's Campus Concerns, The Palestine Chronicle, Oct. 23, 2003. Quote: "The Hasbara Handbook prescribes fascinating instructions on attacking the messenger and avoiding the message at all costs ‘in ways that engage the emotions, and downplay rationality, in an attempt to promote’ their cause. In a section entitled ‘Name Calling,’ Israel's Jewish Agency writes, ‘Creating negative connotations by name calling is done to try and get the audience to reject a person or idea on the basis of negative associations, without allowing a real examination of that person or idea."