Internet Killed Israeli PR

Palestine solidarity activism may have its Weird Al Yankovich.

This remake of “Video Killed the Radio Star” lampoons Israel’s silly, and often unconscionable, attempts at spinning its most egregious crimes.

Israel’s Latest Propaganda Tool Malfunctions

One of Israel’s most hyped new propaganda machines stalled over the weekend during a show it put on in Yankee Stadium. Boxer Yuri Foreman, seemingly a nice Belarusian, Jewish boy has become Israeli hasbara’s most polished news story of late. He was TKOed by Miguel Cotto in the first boxing match in the new Yankee Stadium.
Most media outlet, including the sports commentators and analysis of ESPN and HBO who hyped the fight, or more realistically Foreman, recognized that he was no match for Cotto, yet he was the news story because of his “unique” and “emotional” story, born in Belarus, temporarily Israeli, living and training in the US, studying to be a rabbi, became the darling of the Israeli Consulate, and by extension, US media.

How to sell Americans on… the war on Gaza!

Dan Ephron of Newsweek has just come out with an explosive exposé on how The Israel Project attempts to “sell” Americans on supporting Israeli policies through extensive word manipulation based solely on focus group reactions. Newsweek has also published the group’s 117-page detailed internal report on “words that work” and “words that don’t work” on [...]

Alhurra… “Today”

It’s been a while since our last post on Alhurra, the US-funded television station seeking aimlessly to make an impact on Arab hearts and minds. More than five years after its launch, this media outlet has proven itself to be little more than an expensive joke. Regardless of how many talented journalists work there, less [...]

UJA uses 1300+ deaths in Gaza to raise money for… Israel!

I could not believe my eyes, my poor innocent eyes. Here I was reading a deeply personal and unsettling account of the Gaza aftermath in the Huffington Post, when I came across an ad at the bottom of the article that seemed to contain an unforgivable typo: After Gaza1,300 Deaths, Many Were Civilians. Send Aid [...]

Nit Twit Propaganda on Twitter

Want to question an Israeli talking head about Israel’s murderous rampage in Gaza? One will be taking questions on Twitter from 1 to 3 pm EST today. From Phillip Weiss’ blog: To participate, create an account at Twitter.com and compose a message to user israelconsulate, including the keyword #AskIsrael in your tweets. Twitter messages have [...]

Edi Mubarak from your oppressors

The following was an advert taken out by the Israeli Foreign Ministry on page 6 of the Palestinian Al-Quds daily newspaper this past Monday. Try to find the sentence that I added. Ministry of Foreign AffairsJerusalem Yerushalaym Congratulations The Foreign Ministry offers its sincerest congratulations and blessings to the Muslims on the occasion of Eid [...]

Viacom throwing money at Israel to let them sell the bombing of Iran for them

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XUmbhtwo74] Did anybody see the 60 Minutes segment on the Israeli Air Force? It’s on their web site, but the good folks at Video Airforce have posted some of it on YouTube under Fair Use laws which means that we can embed it here. (Watch it before Viacom threatens to sue somebody.) 60 Minutes would [...]