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How Israel Lost The Media War

Summarizing Gary Rosenblatt in Between The Lines · Published Friday, November 14, 2025
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JL;DR SUMMARY Gary Rosenblatt's analysis reflects on Israel's media battles since the devastating Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023, highlighting how global coverage has shifted perception of Israel from victim to aggressor. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Hamas  Jewish Diaspora  American Jews  Middle East Conflict  Media Bias  Public Diplomacy  Global Perception  Communication Strategy 

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Israel
"Since Hamass massacre of Israelis on October 7, 2023 the worst slaughter of Jews in a single day since the Holocaust Israel has been fighting a war on two fronts: one military, the other in the global media."
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
"Joseph Sterne, editor of the editorial page of the Baltimore Morning Sun, 1979, on complaints of his papers bias in covering Israel and the local Jewish community."
New York, United States
"and a sense of betrayal by institutions they once trusted. But are these reactions warranted? Is mainstream media truly biased against Israel or are American Jews increasingly paranoid? Or both?In more than 50 years of reporting on the American Jewish community including 19 years as the editor of the Baltimore Jewish Times followed by 26 years as the editor and publisher of The Jewish Week of New York Ive had an inside view of the ups and downs of American Jewrys relationship with Jerusalem."
Jerusalem, Israel
"Jack Lew, who served as U.S. Ambassador to Israel from the fall of 2023 to early 2025, was an on-the-scene and often frustrated witness to how Israel has failed in its effort to garner empathy for its cause and an accurate understanding of the conflict."
Caesarea, Haifa District, Israel
"For example, when a Hezbollah rocket shattered the bedroom window of Prime Minister Netanyahus home in Caesarea last fall, Israeli media could not report on it even though images of the damage were seen almost immediately around the world, including by Israelis on their devices."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"The IDF says it does not want to place journalists in harms way, but the result has been a steady stream of Hamas misinformation and virtually no independent, trustworthy journalists filing from Gaza."

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