Israel punks itself
Israel’s cringe-inducing PR offensive isn’t doing much to improve the country’s international reputation. However, it does provide an insight into how Israelis misunderstand the nature of the conflict they face. Read the article.
Israel's cringe-inducing PR offensive isn't doing much to improve the country's international reputation. However, it does provide an insight into how Israelis misunderstand the nature of the conflict they face.
Israel’s cringe-inducing PR offensive isn’t doing much to improve the country’s international reputation. However, it does provide an insight into how Israelis misunderstand the nature of the conflict they face.
Dimi Reider is an Israeli journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, Foreign Affairs, Newsweek, Haaretz, and the New Statesman, among others. Twitter: @reider
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