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Gissin: 'Take The Israel Media War To The Enemy' By Herb Keinon and Joel Leyden The Jerusalem Post, Israel News Agency Jerusalem -----November 13 ..... The Palestinians have succeeded in turning battlegrounds into crime scenes and forcing Israel into the defendant's dock, Ra'anan Gissin said Sunday, adding that Israel desperately needs to be proactive and turn the tables. Gissin, a longtime Ariel Sharon adviser who served as an Israel foreign media spokesman during Sharon's tenure as Israel prime minister and serves as a reserve colonel in the Israel Defense Forces spokesperson's office, said a good example of how to do...

Our Newspapers Fail Us Editorial - Israel News Agency There is no public relations or public affairs without a carrier. The most established carrier is called a newspaper. And in Israel the only newspapers which enjoy abundant readership and wealth are the Hebrew dailies – Yediot, Maariv and Haaertz. As for the English newspapers here in Israel – one is a mere translation of the Hebrew edition and the other is fifty percent wire service copy. Yes – there are some brilliant writers on these papers but their voices become deluded when you have a lack of proper leadership integrated...