[Peace-discuss] Hasbara defined (Internet dictionary)

[David Green]

We do have a word in English for hasbara: LIES.

On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 2:28 PM, Szoke, Ron via Peace-discuss <
peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

> Public diplomacy of Israel  (redirected from *Hasbara*)
>
> *Public diplomacy in Israel* (also *hasbara*, Hebrew
> <https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Hebrew+language>: הַסְבָּרָה
> ‎‎ *hasbará*, "explaining") refers to public relations
> <https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Public+relations> efforts to
> disseminate abroad positive information or propaganda
> <https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Propaganda> about the State
> of Israel <https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Israel> and its
> actions.[1]
> <https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Hasbara#cite_note-1>[2]
> <https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Hasbara#cite_note-2> The term
>  is usedby the Israeli government and its supporters to describe efforts
>  to explain government policies and promote Israel in theface of negative
> press, and to counter what they see as delegitimisation of Israel around
> the world. *Hasbara* means"explanation", and is also a euphemism for pro
> paganda.[3]
> <https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Hasbara#cite_note-3>[4]
> <https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Hasbara#cite_note-4>[5]
> <https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Hasbara#cite_note-5>[6]
> <https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Hasbara#cite_note-6>
> Lexicology
>
> While *hasbara* literally means "explanation", its exact import in its
> current usage is debated. Gideon Meir
> <https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Gideon+Meir> has said that
> there is no "real, precise" translation of the word *hasbara* in English
>  or any other language, and has characterized it aspublic diplomacy
> <https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Public+diplomacy>,[7]
> <https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Hasbara#cite_note-Meir1-7> an
> action undertaken by all governments around the world with the growing im
> portance of whatHarvard professor Joseph Nye
> <https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Joseph+Nye> termed soft power
> <https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Soft+power>. Gary Rosenblatt
> describes it as "advocacy".[8]
> <https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Hasbara#cite_note-rosenblatt-8>
>  Individuals whoengage in the practise have been called *hasbarists*.[9]
> <https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Hasbara#cite_note-9>
>
> *Hasbara* has been described as "pro-Israel propaganda,"[10]
> <https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Hasbara#cite_note-10> and "the
>  new user-friendly term for Israeli propaganda"[11]
> <https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Hasbara#cite_note-11>but while
>  "propaganda strives to highlight the positive aspects of one side of a
> conflict, *hasbara* seeks to explain actions,whether or not they are ju
> stified."[12]
> <https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Hasbara#cite_note-12>
>
> Historian Giora Goodman considers "hasbara" to mean "propaganda" in
> practice, explaining
>
> The term "propaganda" acquired a pejorative sense during the first half
>  of the twentieth century.Accordingly, British and American propagandists
> used "information" to describe their work and the positive-sounding word
> *hasbara* has generally been preferred in Hebrew. "Propaganda", *ta’amula*
>  in Hebrew, ismostly reserved for what opponents do, but the term was
> often used by the Zionist movement to portray itsown efforts to influence
> mass audiences.[13]
> <https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Hasbara#cite_note-13>
>
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