Jerusalem Post: What's wrong with Israel's hasbara?

Israeli spokesmen must speak of the conflict not as a battle between Jews and Arabs, but between democrats and dictators. Consant attention must be called to the fact that the PA abides neither by the rule of law nor by the ordinary strictures of human rights, that it suppresses political dissent and press freedom, and that Arafat, far from being the champion of his "people," is just another garden-variety Arab despot foisted on a nation that deserves better.

via Tal G.

Hasbara comes from the Hebrew word, L’Hasbir, to explain, to engage in public advocacy or interpretation on behalf of Israel, or so it says here.   

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"I'm good at keeping secrets because I forget them really fast."

If only that were true!  

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Friedman: Land of Denial

Costa Rica, with 4 million people, exports more than Egypt, with 68 million; and Thailand, with the same population as Egypt, exports 10 times as much.

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