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Confessions of a Pinkwasher

Yoav Sivan | Posted 02.14.2012 | New York
Read More: Tel Aviv, Lgbt, Sarah-Schulman, Dan Shapiro, James Madison, New York Times, Ido-Aharoni, Benjamin Netanyahu, Michael Lucas, Israel, David Harris, Hasbara, Israel Pink Washing, Pinkwashing, New York News
Yoav Sivan

Sarah Schulman's article "Israel and Pinkwashing" contributes to an unrelenting focus on a useless question: is Israel more pro-gay or more anti-Palestinian?

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Homeward Bound

David Suissa | Posted 10.16.2011 | World
Read More: Israelites, Hebrew, Washington, Jewish People, Israel, Two-State, Hasbara, Rothchild, World News
David Suissa

I come to a land that calls me home Pulled in by the suns of August. On each visit, the eyes utter the same words: Electric. Messy. Miracle. This t...

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Public Diplomacy: "Out" for the U.S., "In" Overseas?

John Brown | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Charlotte Beers, Gastrodiplomacy, Michael Kaiser, Pentagon, Cultural Diplomacy, Jesse Helms, Smith-Mundt Act, Joseph Duffey, Modern Art, Cold War, China, Hasbara, Internet, Digital Media, People-to-People Exchanges, Bruce Gregory, Barry Zorthian, Soft Power, Marketing, Karen Hughes, Development, James Glassman, Nicholas Cull, Heritage Foundation, Business for Diplomatic Action, Edmund Gullion, Keith Reinhard, Kristin Lord, U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy, Propaganda, Engagement, Confucius Institutes, State Department, Jan Melissen, Matt Armstrong, Communism, Global War, Information, Ngos, Branding, Strategic Communications, India, George C. Marshall, Judith McHale, Kim ANdrew Elliott, Public Diplomacy, Usaid, Kenya, Paul Rockower, apps4africa, Louis Menand, International Broadcasting, End of History, World News
John Brown

China and India's public diplomacy activities have grown extensively in our new century, even as the United States is seemingly abandoning the foreign policy tool.

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Israel: Hasbara, Lies, and Videotape

Jamal Dajani | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Turkey, Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu, Jamal Dajani, Israel, Gaza-Freedom-Flotilla, Mavi Marmara, Hasbara, World News
Jamal Dajani

Is there a disconnect between the way Israel sees itself and its actions, and the way they are viewed by the rest of the world?

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Once Again, Israel Shoots Itself in Both Legs

Ami Kaufman | Posted 02.18.2010 | World
Read More: Israel, Hasbara, Avigdor Lieberman, Yuli Edelstein, World News
Ami Kaufman

Apparently, the rest of the world thinks Israel is all one big hot desert, that we only eat falafel, that the country is ruled by a military junta, and more.

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Thomas Friedman -- Hasbara GrandMaster Or Elitist Dupe?

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Egypt, Jordan, Al Qaeda, Thomas Friedman, David Miliband, Al Jazeera, Nyt, New York Times, Lebanon, Obama, Idf, Cluster Bombs, The Narrative, Gaza War, Muslims, Arabs, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Taliban, Israel, Hasbara, Politics News
Sharmine Narwani

My mouth is fixed in a gape -- unable to correct itself after Thomas Friedman's pronouncement that for two decades, U.S. foreign policy has been dedicated to rescuing Muslims or freeing them from tyranny. Where does one begin, pray tell?

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