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Israel on a PR Campaign

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Posted on Nov 28, 2010
AP / Gali Tibbon

Lieberman plans to meet with ambassadors to European countries next month to push Israel’s new PR offensive.

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is on a kick to improve his country’s standing in Europe. His strategy? Develop a cadre of “allies” abroad who will serve as walking PR agents for Israeli policy. —JCL

The Guardian:

Israel has instructed its embassies in 10 European countries, including the UK, each to recruit 1,000 members of the public to act as advocates for its policies in a new public relations offensive.

A cable from the foreign affairs ministry was sent to embassies last week, with instructions from Avigdor Lieberman, the controversial and extreme right-wing foreign minister, to adopt a range of measures aimed at improving Israel’s standing in Europe.

The most unusual was the order to identify up to 1,000 people by mid-January to act as “allies” to Israel. One source described them as “friends who are willing not just to receive messages but to actively promote these messages”. These individuals – likely to be drawn from Jewish or Christian activists, academics, journalists and students – will be briefed regularly by Israeli officials and encouraged to speak up for Israel at public meetings or write letters or articles for the press.

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PatrickHenry's avatar

By PatrickHenry, November 29, 2010 at 8:22 pm Link to this comment

Israel is a PR campaign.

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By frecklefever, November 29, 2010 at 5:38 pm Link to this comment

ISRAEL IS POSITIONING ITSELF INTO THAT GHETTO TRAP THAT HAS
HAUNTED ITS HISTORY…IT HAS TURNED THE WORLD AGAINST ZION..

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By samosamo, November 29, 2010 at 4:49 pm Link to this comment

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““Israel has instructed its embassies in 10
European countries, including the UK, each to
recruit 1,000 members of the public to act as
advocates for its policies in a new public relations
offensive.”“
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How brazen. Here is izrael publicly announcing
the creation of 10,000 izrael spies in foreign
countries to ‘promote’ the terrorist state of izrael.
Any of these creeps jumping on board will surely
and swiftly be sending back to izrael the names
of all those who object or do not speak friendly
of the terrorist state of izrael, then those people
will no doubt get late night visitors from the
‘friendly’ mossad to correct their errant ways.

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By radson, November 29, 2010 at 4:00 pm Link to this comment

So it seems that Mark R. has sent the Moldavian Madman
on a PR recruiting assignment in preparation of a possible War .Now according to American Appeasement ,this new business War should start sometime in March of 2011.Therefore the Imbecile should be thanked for the ‘heads up’.

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By bogglesthemind, November 29, 2010 at 12:41 am Link to this comment

ERROR:  Not Leopard ... a ‘Jackal’, a Jackal can not change it’s spots ... sorry. a moment
of magnanimity.

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By frank, November 28, 2010 at 11:23 pm Link to this comment
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Its the least we can do for the Purebloods.

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By Nozferatu, November 28, 2010 at 5:13 pm Link to this comment

It should read:

“Israel has instructed its embassies in 10 European countries, including the UK, each to recruit 1,000 members of the public to act as propagandists to brainwash and pay-off officials for its policies in a new public relations offensive.”

It’s worked for the past 70 years…why stop now.

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By Arabian Sinbad, November 28, 2010 at 4:31 pm Link to this comment

And I am sure that in these hard economic times, the Devils will have no problem recruiting an army of paid mercenaries who will do their evil propaganda work as long as they are paid.

But the real question is:  Where is the money going to come from, and who is going to pay those sell-out mercenaries?!

The answer is: American tax-payers money, coming via the American State Department, from the three billion-dollar bribery already approved to entice colonialist apartheid Israel to halt its illegal construction of settlements for ninety days till they come out with a plot to entice and cheat Mahmoud Abbas into signing on a sell-out scheme.

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By bogglesthemind, November 28, 2010 at 2:44 pm Link to this comment
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A Leopard can’t change it’s spots.

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