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Israel doesn’t need a better image. It needs to win.

JL;DR SUMMARY Yonatan Daon critiques Israel's focus on Hasbara, or public diplomacy, arguing that Israel's real challenge lies in asserting clear moral and military positions rather than simply working to improve its global image. 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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HasbaraMilitary StrategyMiddle East ConflictIsraeli DefenseGeopoliticsMoral ClarityPublic DiplomacyInternational PerceptionGlobal Image

Places mentioned

Israel
"These actions, among others, carried their own logic and justice."
Uganda
"Commandos from the IDFs Sayeret Matkal unit with the Mercedes they used to deceive the Ugandans during Operation Entebbe in 1976."
Iran
"Gaza, Hezbollah, Iran: They understand that Israel is obsessed with global perception."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"When Israel Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that Gaza must be destroyed, something morally obvious in the wake of October 7th."
Washington, D.C., Washington DC, United States
"In the aftermath of last weeks senseless murder of two Americans outside of a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C., some public voices have once again turned to Israel's perceived failure in the realm of Hasbara."

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