Israel’s enemies have never been able to defeat her with conventional forces on the field of battle. So they have turned to other means over the decades, including suicide bombings, massive rocket barrages and other unconventional attacks. But they have also launched another type of warfare against Israel, and that is by attacking Israel’s legitimacy in the court of public opinion. This public relations battle takes many forms, such as in the media and in the ‘lawfare’ being waged against Israel in various international courts and UN forums. There are also the efforts to strangle Israel economically through boycotts and sanctions, also known as the BDS campaign. Now all these efforts seem to be gaining ground and Israelis all agree that they really need to do a better job in responding to this challenge. So why is Israel failing to get its side of the story across? What could the Israeli government and people do to beat back the delegitimization efforts and to improve its image worldwide? What does the future hold for Israel’s relations with the world? And how can Israel’s Christian friends help? Can Israel Win the PR Battle? That’s our focus this week here on Front Page Jerusalem. We’ll hear from Col. Miri Eisen, a former IDF officer and spokeswoman who became a well-known figure defending Israel on various TV news shows over recent years. She continues to speak out on behalf of the IDF and the Jewish State, and at a recent conference at Tel Aviv University, Col. Eisen addressed the question of why Israel’s efforts at public relations seem to be ineffective. We’ll bring you highlights from her presentation.
On today’s show, we’re looking at the need for Israel to improve its efforts in the on-going PR battle against it. This week, Front Page reporter Aaron Hecht takes us inside a recent briefing by Col. Miri Eisen, a former IDF officer and spokeswoman who became a well-known figure defending Israel on various TV news shows over recent years. She continues to speak out on behalf of the IDF and the Jewish State, and at a recent conference at Tel Aviv University, Col. Eisen addressed the question of why Israel’s efforts at public relations seem to be ineffective. We have highlights from her presentation, so let’s go over to Aaron in Jerusalem for that report…
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Israel’s enemies have never been able to defeat her with conventional forces on the field of battle. So they have turned to other means over the decades, including suicide bombings, massive rocket barrages and other unconventional attacks. But they have also launched another type of warfare against Israel, and that is by attacking Israel’s legitimacy in the court of public opinion. This public relations battle takes many forms, such as in the media and in the ‘lawfare’ being waged against Israel in various international courts and UN forums. There are also the efforts to strangle Israel economically through boycotts and sanctions, also known as the BDS campaign. Now all these efforts seem to be gaining ground and Israelis all agree that they really need to do a better job in responding to this challenge. So why is Israel failing to get its side of the story across? What could the Israeli government and people do to beat back the delegitimization efforts and to improve its image worldwide? What does the future hold for Israel’s relations with the world? And how can Israel’s Christian friends help? Can Israel Win the PR Battle? That’s our focus this week here on Front Page Jerusalem. We’ll hear from Col. Miri Eisen, a former IDF officer and spokeswoman who became a well-known figure defending Israel on various TV news shows over recent years. She continues to speak out on behalf of the IDF and the Jewish State, and at a recent conference at Tel Aviv University, Col. Eisen addressed the question of why Israel’s efforts at public relations seem to be ineffective. We’ll bring you highlights from her presentation.
Hardly a day goes by that we don’t hear about some horrific terror attack somewhere in the world being carried out by radical Muslims. Yet many world leaders and the mainstream media still insist that Islam is a religion of peace and that these attacks are not being carried out by true Muslims, while anyone who says otherwise is denounced for spreading Islamophobia! But no matter how hard we might try to ignore it, the threat of radical Islam is growing. The jihadist militias are expanding their reach throughout the Middle East and into Africa, even while they are spreading their poison globally and finding new recruits over the Internet. Whether they are Sunni radicals like in ISIS and al-Qaeda, or Shi’ite militants led by Iran, they are determined to reach the goal of a world ruled by Islam. So when will the West wake up to the mounting threat of Islamic extremism and start to fight it at its source? Do the jihadists really practice a legitimate form of Islam? Are they following a precedent set by the prophet
