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Israelis recruited to PR Corps
Itamar Eichner
Published: 21.02.10, 09:03
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1. Israelis must write more on the WWW
Sue ,   Los Angeles   (02.21.10)
Every day a tremendous amount of damage is done to Israel on the Internet - by biased media reports and by talkbackers. On British sites, for example, the anti-Israel talkbackers outnumber the pro-Israel ones. Israeli citizens (and friends) can make a huge contribution by replying to the false accusations with a few facts, even if their foreign language writing skills are imperfect. When an Israeli writes in defense of his or her country it has much more impact than when (for example) an American does.
2. it really wont hurt to shove israeli pr in the niave haters
(02.21.10)
god bless israel it really wont hurt to shove israeli pr in the niave haters of israels faces
3. HASBARA
solemnman ,   israel   (02.22.10)
Israel SHOULD promote itself :it's positive contributions,it's unique technology,it's history ,.it's origin and sights of and meaning for two of the world's major religions-but it should not contiually explain and defend itself against absurd propaganda.For that-israels non Jewish supporters should be recruited.(colonel Kemp's defense of cast lead was far more effective than anything Israel said or could have said). Israel should concentrate on exposing the truth about it's enemies and that truth could not be blacker.
4. You guys are living in a bubble
Sam ,   ME   (02.22.10)
The best PR is to Stop the occupation!!!
5. really funny
Michael ,   Haifa   (02.22.10)
First they have to explain the inexplicable things that our crazy government does, and only then ,can they steal the furnishings from their hotel rooms
6. #5. Agreed; Stop the Arab & Muslim occupation of the Jewish
Jae ,   Lynn USA   (02.23.10)
homeland. sorry to burst your bubble but it is fact that the Jews were there before the arabs & muslims. You are occupying our land...and the land of the berbers, assyrians, copts, kurds, druze, black africans, etc. Look in the mirror for once, you will see the biggest occupying, colonizing, humiliating-of-natives, empirialistic movement of aggression in the past 1500 years; Arabs & the forced spread of Islam
7. Another blunder
Helen ,   Maalot   (02.23.10)
The website looks great, but there's no English (or any other language) version. How near-sighted and dumb can you get? Same thinking, I guess, that has prevented Israel from having a 24-hour all language satellite broadcast to the world!
8. More missed PR: Vancouver Olympics
Sue ,   Los Angeles   (02.23.10)
There's nothing today in the Israeli news (in English) about ice dancers Roman and Alexandra Zaretsky who finished in 10th place at the Vancouver Olympics. The Zaretskys were wonderful cultural ambassadors for Israel, competing with the best ice dancers in the world and in interviews with international media. They achieved their stated goal to be in the top 10 - in the company of teams from skating powerhouses like Canada, USA, and Russia. The BBC and other British media are showing pride in their skaters' 8th place finish. So, nuuu? Here's an example of another missed opportunity by Israel to improve their PR!!!!
9. Sir, go for it !!
Keren ,   Amstelveen   (02.24.10)
Way to go!
10. don't forget
emigre from oz   (02.24.10)
that when they say israel is a theocracy ruled by orthos...you can tell that non-orthos jews have freedom to choose who they want to marry and do so in a non-ortho ceremony....ooops my mistake...not true..... the real threat to our country comes from within......
11. positive PR
judy ,   los angeles, ca   (02.26.10)
Kol ha kavod! It's about time!
12. Explaining Israel in English
elana ,   Israel   (02.26.10)
Is there a website in English to help with hasbara overseas? Hebrew is fine for us in Israel, but we do need more answers to questions for English speakers overseas. (other languages as well - French, Italian etc.) It is sometimes hard to translate accurately from Hebrew.
13. New information website
Joan Shapiro ,   Rishon Lezion Israel   (02.26.10)
I would like to see this website in English so that I can read all about it and send information to all relatives and friends in the diasporo
14. How can non Israeli's help?
Nimrod ,   Baghdad-Iraq   (02.27.10)
I agree and its good to note that for an Iraqi I am being given an opportunity to display my opinions on this website and its always published I am not ignored, attacked nor have my messages ever been edited, and coming from a country that does not even have any diplomatic ties with Israel, I cant even say half of the things I say here on an Arab forum like jazeera.net or alarabiya.net and I think and want to see Israeli beauties like Ilana Shushan, Gal Gadot, Ilanit Levy, Linor Avergil, Miri Bohadana appear in ads to promote Israel, promote tourism, host Miss Universe, host MTV awards and you will make a difference.
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