[Avodah] [Areivim] communico-disadvantage

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Jun 02, 2010 at 09:45:57AM -0700, Saul.Z.Newman at kp.org wrote:
...
: like  the  republicans  learned in the age of obama,    it's all tech and 
: the newest media.  here, a review  of  how  the Israel side  doesn't get 
: it , but the left  does .  we are outnumbered , but now  outsmarted  as 
: well....

It's largely media bias. E.g. Israel put out the message that its
contributions to the wealfare of those who live in Azza dwarfs the
10,000 tons of supplies the flotilla carried. 14,000 tons EACH WEEK.
But rather than carrying that story, the NY Times et al write about
breaking a blockade.

The IHH has known ties to both Al Qaeda and Hamas, but this is presented
as "Israel claims ... the group denies", as though it's a matter of
dispute. They were involved in bombing attempts on US soil. They were
named by a suspect of the "Millenium Plot" to bomb LAX, for one example.

See this Danish report from 2007
<http://www.diis.dk/graphics/Publications/WP2006/DIIS%20WP%202006-7.web.pdf>
pp 10-14 (pdf pages 14-18).

It was also noted about Hamas, in analyses about how they won the Gaza
election. An odd consequence of religious terror is that the same group
that attacks civilians is the same one that provides the most charity
to their own with the least graft.

AND Israel used the very same internet resources. Quoting the NY Times:
    The flotilla videos have proved a popular draw online, with one
    from the Israel Defense Forces attracting more than 600,000 views
    on YouTube.
(From <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/02/world/middleeast/02media.html>)

It was not that the IHH got its message out first and Israel then had
to defend its image. It's the number of media outlets AND the UN that
simply ran with one side's version of the story before that outrage was
pointed out. See this story from well before the flotilla being stopped
<http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/hamas_e105.htm>
(or <http://bit.ly/9xQ5d1>), a press release from May 26th about the IHH
and its support of terrorism.


The free publicity comes from having already captured the sympathies
of much of the media and therefore having them donate the marketing
resources under the guise of news. More than being the only ones knowing
how to use the new tech.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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