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Foreign Ministry out to 'conquer' internet
Itamar Eichner
Published: 09.03.09, 15:29
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1. NOW you do that???
John ,   Europe   (03.09.09)
Oh, well, better ever than never.
2. donno what they're talking about
(03.09.09)
i typed "Israel" in Google images and i got a few images of a map of Israel, an image of Jerusalem, a picture of a hot Israeli soldierette and one of the Israeli flag. next pages are pretty much the same, so i really don't know what they're on about.
3. WIKIPEDIA -- FIX IT
Informed American ,   NYC USA   (03.09.09)
If you want to solve a major problem, fix articles on Wikipedia that are biased against Israel or are about terrorist organizations that omit their terrorist actions and explain that they are charitable organizations. Wikipedia is THE #1 SOURCE for facts from people in the US and aroudn the world. SO FIX WIKIPEDIA ASAP.
4. Gaza isn't Israel
(03.09.09)
5. Maybe the solution to to bombing things
ahmed   (03.09.09)
6. not on my computer
Jacob Erickson ,   Tel Aviv Israel   (03.09.09)
I had to go almost a dozen pages into the image search to find some pictures of Gaza on an Israel search. Sure, if you search "Gaza" you get some of the most horrific pictures ever, but not "Israel"
7. #4 Gaza isn't Israel YET
MikeK ,   MW, USA   (03.09.09)
But it will be eventually as Judea and Samaria. Justice always prevails.
8. covering up "unsightly images"
Kim ,   Australia   (03.09.09)
Stop your airforce and navy bombing civilians and civilian infrastructure in Gaza and then the Israeli government and it Zionist supporters won't have to worry about "unsightly images of bombard houses in Gaza" This is just another example of Israel trying to cover up its human rights abuses and war crimes from the world. Stop committing human rights abuses and war crimes and then you won't have to run PR campaign to cover them up!
9. Countering Media bias
Manuel Gwiazda ,   Argentina   (03.09.09)
Israel has lost the media war since its foundation back in 1948 and I do not know if Israel does not care or does not know how to handle press relations to give a more balanced image in front of the international community Last operations in Gaza draw a particular coverage by Al Jazzera which made a great job harming Israel image in front of a big number of international viewers presenting the events from the Palestinian viewpoint Israel needs a so called "Jewish CNN" to balance press bias all around the world, this is the only way to make a breakthrough advance in this respect
10. it needs to be done in FRENCH ALSO! URGENTLY!
paris, France   (03.09.09)
it saddens me to see when I type "Israel" all those anti israel and anti-semites stuffs all the time. please try it in google.fr ..
11. Stop being paranoid, the internet is not the arena
Indigenous ,   far far east   (03.09.09)
Stop being paranoid. you have to go to page seven before you start receiving the pictures of what Israel is doing. But it seems, the Foreign Ministry is talking about the images that comes in the minds of people around the world when you mentioned Israel....to change that, you need not to use the internet , but the international community will.
12. commons.wikimedia.org
Farid H. ,   Morocco / Germany   (03.09.09)
Please add more Israel pics to commons.wikimedia.org. That's a primary repository for website owners and a very important resource.
13. Or 'f-cking child killers'
Samantha R ,   Berlin Germany   (03.09.09)
Try 'Nice Apartheid' and then NOTHING, it's blood libel.
14. Israel constantly on war with all and everything
Observer   (03.09.09)
Make peace instead of more propaganda packages that don't sell any longer.
15. #7 jews predate the arabs in palestine
(03.09.09)
16. They couldn't hire Israelis and olim to do the job?
Dafna ,   Israel   (03.09.09)
Is there some insanely low amount of media experts, photographers or videographers in the country all of a sudden? Is it really necessary to get foreigners to do the job instead of hire our own in a moment in which Israel suffers from high unemployment? This is another reason why there is a brain drain in the country.. even the government won't hire Israelis.
17. israels' image
tony ,   london   (03.09.09)
about time we used our intelect to overcome extensive negative propaganda. we're clever enough to innovate modern technology, its about time we used it to our advantage through the internet.
18. Why??
John ,   US   (03.09.09)
the x president is a rapist and the current sitting PM is about to get indicted . the xPM ,now re-elected ..is a crook ,but he is cool ..he speaks without an accent BLABLABLA .. Americans will be going to Florida to swim and spend their money at home . what we saw on TV in the last war will never be forgotten
19. waste of money
izwick ,   nyc   (03.10.09)
waste of money, it will never work, they outnumber us more than 100 to 1, and have more money. israel should spend its money on more useful endeavors
20. Ask.com
Pam ,   AZ USA   (03.10.09)
No Gaza or warlike pics come up on Ask.com images. Maps and sort of schlocky pics, mainly, so it could benefit from more beautiful photos.
21. #3 Wikipedia
(03.10.09)
Wikipedia is a user-voting consensus of opinions (of no-qualification "editors), NOT a source of credible information. I know of no reputable university that accepts Wikipedia as a source of information. The only ones who depend on Wikipedia for "information" are numbed-minded morons too lazy to dig up legitimate information (which, unfortunately, is most people). Wikipedia is not fixable. The best you can do is become yet-another editor to argue with the other editors. (You don't need any qualifications.) Switch to a legitimate source of information from some university or encyclopedia or, best where possible, verify with the original source. These days, that's often possible on the Internet.
22. The different israeli; indifference...
joseph   (03.10.09)
Quote from David Saranga the Israeli Consulate in NY -- " The fact of the matter is that israeli surfer are indifferent " How true --- Indifference reaches all levels of our society. It shows up in foreign countries, in our cities and towns, in our rudeness waiting in line in banks, stores,bus / train stations, and of course the most obvious; our indifference toward others on the road IE: cutting off, parking, phones / radios blaring, and the ultimate, the use of alcohol for fuel. It reaches the seat of our Govt. where,having nothing else to do, an urgent bill must be passed in order to allow our not so glorious lawmakers to wear "jeans" in the performance of their duty. And we expect respect. The south (our south) can wait, the displaced southerners can wait, Sderot full of holes can wait, and the Haifa time bomb -- amonia, can wait.
23. #18
(03.10.09)
in the mean time, for passover, there was a 48% increase of usa citizens traveling to israel. the hotels and resorts are PACKED UP TO THE LIMIT!!!! don't like this? stuff it!
24. I typed 'Israel' into google
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (03.10.09)
And guess what, Gaza didn't come up in the first 2nd pages at all. Maybe they should try again.
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