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Public diplomacy of Israel</h1>
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<b style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Public</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">diplomacy</span> in <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Israel</span></b> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">(also</span> <b style="box-sizing: inherit;" class="">hasbara</b>, <a href="https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Hebrew+language" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 132, 198); transition: all 0.2s linear; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;" class="">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl" xml:lang="he" style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">הַסְבָּרָה</span></span> <i style="box-sizing: inherit;" class="">hasbará</i>, <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">"explaining")</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">refers</span> to <a href="https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Public+relations" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 132, 198); transition: all 0.2s linear; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;" class="">public
relations</a> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">efforts</span> to<span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">disseminate</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">abroad</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">positive</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">information</span> or <a href="https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Propaganda" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 132, 198); transition: all 0.2s linear; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;" class="">propaganda</a> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">about</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">the</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">State</span> of <a href="https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Israel" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 132, 198); transition: all 0.2s linear; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;" class="">Israel</a> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">and</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">its</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">actions.</span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12.833333015441895px;"><a href="https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Hasbara#cite_note-1" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 132, 198); transition: all 0.2s linear; font-weight: 700; font-size: 12.833333015441895px;" class="">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12.833333015441895px;"><a href="https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Hasbara#cite_note-2" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 132, 198); transition: all 0.2s linear; font-weight: 700; font-size: 12.833333015441895px;" class="">[2]</a></sup> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">The</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">term</span> is <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">used</span>by <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">the</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Israeli</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">government</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">and</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">its</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">supporters</span> to <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">describe</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">efforts</span> to <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">explain</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">government</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">policies</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">and</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">promote</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Israel</span> in <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">the</span><span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">face</span> of <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">negative</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">press,</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">and</span> to <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">counter</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">what</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">they</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">see</span> as <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">delegitimisation</span> of <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Israel</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">around</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">the</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">world.</span> <i style="box-sizing: inherit;" class="">Hasbara</i> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">means</span><span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">"explanation",</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">and</span> is <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">also</span> a <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">euphemism</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">for</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">propaganda.</span><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style="box-sizing: inherit; 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<span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">While</span> <i style="box-sizing: inherit;" class="">hasbara</i> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">literally</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">means</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">"explanation",</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">its</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">exact</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">import</span> in <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">its</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">current</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">usage</span> is <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">debated.</span> <a href="https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Gideon+Meir" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 132, 198); transition: all 0.2s linear; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;" class="">Gideon
Meir</a> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">has</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">said</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">that</span><span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">there</span> is no <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">"real,</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">precise"</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">translation</span> of <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">the</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">word</span> <i style="box-sizing: inherit;" class="">hasbara</i> in <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">English</span> or <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">any</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">other</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">language,</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">and</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">has</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">characterized</span> it as<a href="https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Public+diplomacy" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 132, 198); transition: all 0.2s linear; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;" class="">public
diplomacy</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Meir1_7-0" class="reference" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12.833333015441895px;"><a href="https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Hasbara#cite_note-Meir1-7" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 132, 198); transition: all 0.2s linear; font-weight: 700; font-size: 12.833333015441895px;" class="">[7]</a></sup> an <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">action</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">undertaken</span> by <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">all</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">governments</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">around</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">the</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">world</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">with</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">the</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">growing</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">importance</span> of <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">what</span><span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Harvard</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">professor</span> <a href="https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Joseph+Nye" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 132, 198); transition: all 0.2s linear; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;" class="">Joseph
Nye</a> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">termed</span> <a href="https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Soft+power" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 132, 198); transition: all 0.2s linear; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;" class="">soft
power</a>. <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Gary</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Rosenblatt</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">describes</span> it as <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">"advocacy".</span><sup id="cite_ref-rosenblatt_8-0" class="reference" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12.833333015441895px;"><a href="https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Hasbara#cite_note-rosenblatt-8" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 132, 198); transition: all 0.2s linear; font-weight: 700; font-size: 12.833333015441895px;" class="">[8]</a></sup> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Individuals</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">who</span><span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">engage</span> in <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">the</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">practise</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">have</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">been</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">called</span> <i style="box-sizing: inherit;" class="">hasbarists</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12.833333015441895px;"><a href="https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Hasbara#cite_note-9" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 132, 198); transition: all 0.2s linear; font-weight: 700; font-size: 12.833333015441895px;" class="">[9]</a></sup></p>
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<i style="box-sizing: inherit;" class="">Hasbara</i> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">has</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">been</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">described</span> as <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">"pro-Israel</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">propaganda,"</span><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12.833333015441895px;"><a href="https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Hasbara#cite_note-10" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 132, 198); transition: all 0.2s linear; font-weight: 700; font-size: 12.833333015441895px;" class="">[10]</a></sup> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">and</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">"the</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">new</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">user-friendly</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">term</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">for</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Israeli</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">propaganda"</span><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12.833333015441895px;"><a href="https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Hasbara#cite_note-11" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 132, 198); transition: all 0.2s linear; font-weight: 700; font-size: 12.833333015441895px;" class="">[11]</a></sup><span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">but</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">while</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">"propaganda</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">strives</span> to <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">highlight</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">the</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">positive</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">aspects</span> of <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">one</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">side</span> of a <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">conflict,</span> <i style="box-sizing: inherit;" class="">hasbara</i> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">seeks</span> to <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">explain</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">actions,</span><span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">whether</span> or <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">not</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">they</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">are</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">justified."</span><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12.833333015441895px;"><a href="https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Hasbara#cite_note-12" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 132, 198); transition: all 0.2s linear; font-weight: 700; font-size: 12.833333015441895px;" class="">[12]</a></sup></p>
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<span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Historian</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Giora</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Goodman</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">considers</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">"hasbara"</span> to <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">mean</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">"propaganda"</span> in <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">practice,</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">explaining</span></p>
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<span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">The</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">term</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">"propaganda"</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">acquired</span> a <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">pejorative</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">sense</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">during</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">the</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">first</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">half</span> of <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">the</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">twentieth</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">century.</span><span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Accordingly,</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">British</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">and</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">American</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">propagandists</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">used</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">"information"</span> to <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">describe</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">their</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">work</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">and</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">the</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">positive-sounding</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">word</span> <i style="box-sizing: inherit;" class="">hasbara</i> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">has</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">generally</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">been</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">preferred</span> in <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Hebrew.</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">"Propaganda",</span> <i style="box-sizing: inherit;" class="">ta’amula</i> in <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Hebrew,</span> is<span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">mostly</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">reserved</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">for</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">what</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">opponents</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">do,</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">but</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">the</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">term</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">was</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">often</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">used</span> by <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">the</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Zionist</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">movement</span> to <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">portray</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">its</span><span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">own</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">efforts</span> to <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">influence</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">mass</span> <span class="hvr" style="box-sizing: inherit;">audiences.</span><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12.833333015441895px;"><a href="https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Hasbara#cite_note-13" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 132, 198); transition: all 0.2s linear; font-weight: 700; font-size: 12.833333015441895px;" class="">[13]</a></sup></p>
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