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2011-09-01 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Israel's Image Won't Improve Without Policy Changes

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Posted by Steve White 2011-09-01 12:44|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Sorry this is nothing but BS. There is nothing the Israel could do short of ceasing to exist that would "sell" their image. The only policy that matters is that Israelies are Jewish.

Anti-semitism however it tries to hide behind anti-zionist verbiage or "poor innocent Paleos" kvetching, does not care about anything except that Israel is Jewish. If you hate, loathe, detest and fear Jews you cannot be sold an image anymore than you could sell the image of the wonderful New York Yankees to the baseball fans of Boston unless the Yankees are going 0-162 for 5 or 10 seasons; in other words if they ceased to exist.

When the masses in Europe and the mideast, particularly, see that Jews are not the devil then, maybe, a new "image" could be sold; until then it's not possible.

Posted by AlanC 2011-09-01 13:29|| 2011-09-01 13:29|| Front Page Top

#2 "Israel's Image Won't Improve Without Policy Changes"

I agree. They need to quit being nice and start killing their enemies in droves. (Also in Gaza, Syria, Lebanon, ....)

'Tis better to be feared than loved.

Posted by Barbara 2011-09-01 14:50|| 2011-09-01 14:50|| Front Page Top

#3 I think there are some steps Israel could take to change their image.

They could (a) put a bill before the UN restating the article that formed Israel in the first place and force nations to vote on Israel's right to exist. Make the Arab leaders go against their populations or admit to the world how they feel. (b) Israel should champion Brazilian, South African, and Indian membership in the UN Security Council. This puts them on the friendly side of the biggest economies in the third world and sticks it to any Euros that oppose the move. They could even include Japan if they wanted to upset China although that might not be the best. (c) Israel should stop allowing wealthy Arabs to be treated secretly in Israeli hospitals. If you need emergency medical you should expect lights and cameras. Otherwise tone down the anti-Israeli rhettoric.

Not huge things, but when they were initially formed Israel was beloved by the non-Arabic third world. That is where they should start with their image makeover.

Posted by rjschwarz 2011-09-01 14:59|| 2011-09-01 14:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Israel should do nothing but endure. In a few years, tranzis will be out of power everywhere in the west, and Dar will be too busy going through a population collapse.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-09-01 15:39|| 2011-09-01 15:39|| Front Page Top

#5 To be clear, I don't agree with a lot of what Mr. Wexler wrote. I do agree that Israel has not been able to set the terms of the debate for a long time, and that issue is one that better advertising / marketing won't fix. However Israel chooses, it must change policy. I am NOT advocating that they surrender or bare their throats. But they must figure out how they're getting beat in the world opinion front and fix that.

Posted by Steve White 2011-09-01 17:31|| 2011-09-01 17:31|| Front Page Top

#6 One of the biggest reasons that Israel is an outcast is what could be called the "Captain Bligh syndrome". Bligh was torn between wanting to be a top-notch ships captain and disciplinarian, and wanting to be *loved* by his crew.

This is a deadly combination. His crew never knew where they stood. One day, he would feel magnanimous, and give the crew extra rum for no reason, and then he would feel guilty about it, and turn into a snarling and abusive monster. And he would feel guilty about that as well, so he would try to be extra nice again. Lather, rinse and repeat.

It is no surprise that his crew mutinied. They just couldn't take it anymore. "Following the flogging, there will be cake and ice cream for everyone!"

Israel is much the same way. It adamantly refuses to adopt any measure that would eventually end its problems with the Paleos. Half the time it is trying to be nice to them, and the other half it turns on them viciously.

Any other country in the world would have just kicked them all out and been done with it, long ago. They would have done it in 1948, 1956, 1967, or 1973. And even if there was international whining, it would have quickly ended and the world would have moved on, forgetting about it.

But in the mind of the rest of the world, Israel just wants to toy with the Paleos, keeping them in a perpetual state of chaos and poverty, while at the same time blaming them for all of Israel's problems, and giving them food, water and electricity.

Probably the only Israeli leader who understood the truth was Ariel Sharon, because he knew how military commanders have to behave to get respect from their soldiers. He knew that the Bligh syndrome is a recipe for disaster.

Even today, were the Israelis to say "enough already", and force the Gazans into Egypt, before bulldozing the entire strip, it would end the calamity, at least on that side of Israel. Certainly the Egyptians would howl bloody murder, but the Israelis could give them a few billion dollars to resettle the Paleos, and everything would again be sweetness and light.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-09-01 17:49|| 2011-09-01 17:49|| Front Page Top

#7 'Tis better to be feared than loved. Posted by: Barbara|| 2011-09-01 14:50 |

No, Barbara, it's better to be loved. However, it's FAR better to be feared than be treated with contempt. Most anti-Semites treat Israel and Jews with contempt. I have nothing but contempt for anyone who feels that way. They KNOW they're setting the Arabs up for another fall, but hope they'll be able to bring Israel down with them. The next Arab-Israeli war will happen within the next three years, and will most probably result in Israel nuking the sh$$ out of a dozen Arab nations, in pure self-defense. I just hope the Israelis reserve one nuke for Brussels and the EU, which is the source of a lot of the crap they're having to take at the moment. Frankly, I wouldn't go back to Europe right now for all the money in the world, even on a vacation. It's a million pounds of loose black powder, looking for a match.

Posted by Old Patriot 2011-09-01 20:20|| 2011-09-01 20:20|| Front Page Top

#8 Hasn't Israel joined NATO + Mediterranean Union [CENTO?] yet???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-09-01 21:21|| 2011-09-01 21:21|| Front Page Top

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