Israel's public diplomacy : the problems of hasbara, 1966-1975 / Jonathan Cummings.

"Israeli hasbara (explaining), its variant of public diplomacy, is the subject of endless domestic debate. Israel of the 1960s and 70s saw many changes on its political and military international stage. This was a period of unusually intensive attention to the problems of hasbara. This period b...

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Main Author: Cummings, Jonathan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Muddling through
  • 1. The genesis of hasbara: from the diaspora to the birth of Zionism
  • 2. Trapped in the past: government communications policy under Yisrael Galili
  • 3. Breach birth: the introduction of television to Israel
  • 4. The image problem of a tough victor: after the six-day war
  • 5. Deterioration and diffusion: before and after the Yom Kippur War
  • 6. The rise and fall of the Ministry of Information
  • Conclusion: The blame game.