Think tank: Israel faces global delegitimization campaign

ha aretz ^ | 2/11/10 | Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent

[Nachum]

Israel is facing a global campaign of delegitimization, according to a report by the Reut Institute, made available to the cabinet on Thursday. The Tel Aviv-based security and socioeconomic think tank called on ministers to treat the matter as a strategic threat.

The report cites anti-Israel demonstrations on campuses, protests when Israeli athletes compete abroad, moves in Europe to boycott Israeli products, and threats of arrest warrants for Israeli leaders visiting London.

Reut says the campaign is the work of a worldwide network of private individuals and organizations. They have no hierarchy or overall commander, but work together based on a joint ideology - portraying Israel as a pariah state and denying its right to exist.

[proudtobeanamerican1]

I thought this was an article about Israel making a campaign to delegitimize Global Warning. Which would have led to the actual meaning of the article. ;0)

Either way.......not a good sign for anyone’s future.

[CORedneck]

I have a friend going to Israel in a couple of weeks. I asked him if he was going to have his passport stamped. He said, yes ! I would do the same if I ever went there.

Several years ago I was visiting UC Santa Cruz and there was a pro-palestinian demonstration. I had a few things on my mind I would like to say but I bit my tounge very hard. There was of course a lot of anti-Israel stuff.

[ARepublicanForAllReasons]

True. But how is this news? It's been going on since the sixties, at least. Maybe it's news to Haaretz, which seems to me quite liberal and self-critical of Israel.
Haaretz is to Israel what the NYT is to the USA.

[RoadTest]

The Muslim propaganda machine is well-oiled and is doing its job exceedingly well. Israel needs to develop a good public relations voice in the world. The world needs to hear that that is THEIR land and they’re not giving it away for any reason. Then show the world the vast areas of Arab countries and the tiny sliver that is Israel. Lets make sense and publicize it.