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StandWithUs to take cash, messaging from Israeli gov't
http://972mag.com/standwithus-to-take-cash-messaging-from-israeli-govt/101314/The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, headed by Benjamin Netanyahu, will fund a hasbara organization to disseminate propaganda on behalf of the Israeli government. The allocation of public funds, over NIS 1 million (over $250,000) in 2015, is intended to fund a joint project by the National Information Directorate and the Israeli branch of StandWithUs, an American hasbara organization.
Hasbara is a Hebrew term that refers to public diplomacy efforts on behalf of Israel.
The committee in the Prime Minister’s Office that issues tenders for government contracts met at the end of November to approve an allocation of NIS 860,000 a year to a joint project with StandWithUs, while the organization’s funders will contribute a matching amount. The cooperation between the two parties, which was approved by the committee, may be extended for another two years at the end of 2015. The PMO told the Seventh Eye media watchdog website that the initiative is meant to strengthen “Israeli hasbara on social media platforms.”
According to the agreement, StandWithUs will run “interactive media war rooms” manned by students who will be trained to disseminate Israeli hasbara on social media platforms. The project will be based a model that was tried during Operation Protective Edge and previous military operations, in which “hasbara war rooms” were established in academic institutions across Israel in order to disseminate IDF and government messages.[/div]
There are a few things about social media that are truisms. People can tell fabricated PR bullshit a mile away, and when it is found out word quickly spreads about the fakers.
Good luck team hasbara in your pursuits to splain away your apartheid and human rights abuses.
Hasbara is a Hebrew term that refers to public diplomacy efforts on behalf of Israel.
The committee in the Prime Minister’s Office that issues tenders for government contracts met at the end of November to approve an allocation of NIS 860,000 a year to a joint project with StandWithUs, while the organization’s funders will contribute a matching amount. The cooperation between the two parties, which was approved by the committee, may be extended for another two years at the end of 2015. The PMO told the Seventh Eye media watchdog website that the initiative is meant to strengthen “Israeli hasbara on social media platforms.”
According to the agreement, StandWithUs will run “interactive media war rooms” manned by students who will be trained to disseminate Israeli hasbara on social media platforms. The project will be based a model that was tried during Operation Protective Edge and previous military operations, in which “hasbara war rooms” were established in academic institutions across Israel in order to disseminate IDF and government messages.[/div]
There are a few things about social media that are truisms. People can tell fabricated PR bullshit a mile away, and when it is found out word quickly spreads about the fakers.
Good luck team hasbara in your pursuits to splain away your apartheid and human rights abuses.
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I'm sure a lot of money will get rid of the problem.
