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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 465

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Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar makes a video statement on December 2, 2024. (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 29, 2024, 1:48 pm
Foreign Ministry to receive massive budget for public diplomacy abroad
Foreign Minister Sa’ar does not detail what money will be used for, but the hefty funding was part of deal for his joining Netanyahu government
By JTA and ToI Staff
Ben Carasso having tea with Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom Tzipi Hotovely. (Courtesy)
December 25, 2024, 7:47 am
Israel’s 9-year-old ‘Spokeskid’ explains the war through a child’s eyes
Ben Carasso, a fourth-grader from Tel Aviv, volunteers with the Israeli Citizen Spokespersons’ Office initiative and shares his experiences on social media and speaking tours
By Zev Stub
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to CNN in an interview aired January 31, 2023. (Screenshot/CNN, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 13, 2024, 4:08 am
Will newly beefed-up PR budget bolster Israel’s dire standing in court of world opinion?
Foreign Ministry budgets over NIS 500 million to improve country’s image in ongoing, multi-front war, but the national advocacy effort is disjointed, leaderless, and way too slow
By Katharina Kunert
Foreign Minister Israel Katz tours the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem, February 19, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 14, 2024, 7:16 pm
‘Pretty infantile’: Public diplomacy mavens pan FM for insulting world leaders on X
Top ‘hasbara’ activists say Israel Katz’s habit of lampooning heads of state on social media is ineffective, perceived as unserious and ‘just adds fuel to the flame’
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from undated video of IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. (res.) Peter Lerner. (YouTube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 5, 2024, 10:31 pm
‘Pyromaniacs who spout nonsense’: Ex-IDF spokesman blames ministers for war’s bad PR
British-born Peter Lerner says government’s lack of planning for Gaza’s future left him rhetorically unarmed for foreign press as post-Oct. 7 ‘leeway of legitimacy’ faded away
By ToI Staff
The Facebook logo is seen on a cell phone in Boston, October 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
June 5, 2024, 5:04 pm
Diaspora Ministry funded fake social media posts to spread pro-Israel content — NYT
Paper says influence campaign, which reportedly targeted Black US lawmakers, was commissioned by Israeli government, didn’t have widespread impact; ministry denies involvement
By ToI Staff
Shachar Levy, known as DawnLev on social media. (Courtesy)
February 29, 2024, 9:03 am
The social media star who uses snark to fight Israel’s war of information
Irreverent entertainer Shachar Levy — aka DawnLev — uses her platform to create viral pro-Israel content that encourages viewers to think critically about the Israel-Hamas war
By Maya Zanger-Nadis
Israeli government spokesman Eylon Levy films a TikTok clip, November 2023. (Avner Hofstein / Zman Yisrael)
December 20, 2023, 8:29 am
Israel’s newest, British-born international spokesperson is raising some eyebrows
Between his mic drop moments and fiery rebuttals of skeptical interviewers, Eylon Levy is learning to master TikTok and confronting Hamas supporters on social media
By Avner Hofstein
Emmanuel Nahshon outside the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on January 28, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 14, 2023, 11:11 pm
Foreign Ministry denies its own official’s claim public diplomacy activities halted
Ministry says NIS 100 million transferred to maintain government efforts to justify war on Hamas, after public diplomacy official said lack of funds has caused them to cease
By Michael Horovitz
Aussie influencer Nate Buzolic (third from right) says he came to Israel to help fight the social media battle (Courtesy)
November 6, 2023, 4:58 pm
Aussie influencer Natebuzz in Israel to fight social media battle
Actor and born-again Christian Nate Buzolic believes in Israel and the Jews, and wants to shift the online pro-Palestinian narrative
By Jessica Steinberg
File - Hamas terrorists are seen crossing the Israel-Gaza border fence on October 7, 2023. (Kan TV screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 6, 2023, 1:36 pm
Netanyahu said to support publishing raw video of Hamas atrocities; IDF mulling move
PM reportedly believes gruesome compilation will aid advocacy efforts for war, others warn it would quickly lose its effect; some relatives of victims said to oppose its wide use
By Michael Horovitz
Israeli artist Ronit Levin Delgado in New York City’s Union Square, October 16, 2023. (Luke Tress JTA)
October 19, 2023, 1:04 am
NYC ‘Kidnapped’ posters calling attention to Israeli hostages keep getting torn down
Created by Israeli street artists in the city for an art residency, the signs have caught on across the globe – and have emerged as a new front in the battle for hearts and minds
By Luke Tress
Deputy Foreign Minister Idan Roll gives a webinar on effective hasbara, or public diplomacy, to activists following the end of Operation Breaking Dawn, August 8, 2022. (Courtesy Office of Deputy Foreign Minister Idan Roll)
August 9, 2022, 10:17 am
‘Public diplomacy gives us time, legitimacy’ in army ops, deputy FM tells activists
Foreign Ministry holds webinar for ‘hasbara’ activists, says it is focusing on getting information out on social media to apply pressure on conventional media
By Jeremy Sharon
Adam Sandler in 'You Don't Mess With the Zohan.' (Screenshot)
July 25, 2022, 2:52 am
Hollywood and Israel, a love story: How the Jewish state met the silver screen
In a new book, authors Tony Shaw and Giora Goodman examine the history of modern Israel’s representation in cinema — with all its ups and downs
By Rich Tenorio
Palestinians seen on the holy month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound atop the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, on April 17, 2022. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
April 20, 2022, 2:03 pm
Daily Briefing April 20: Why doesn’t Israel better explain Temple Mount clashes?
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian discusses tensions in the Temple Mount and Gaza, as senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur looks at why Israel avoids offering explanations
By ToI Staff
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