Newsweek has published The Israel Project's 2009 Global Language Dictionary which makes for very fun reading because it purports to be a manual on how to "communicate effectively in support of Israel." (In case you're curious what The Israel Project is, remember this.)
Chapter 5 (starting on p. 38) on Iran's nuclear program is particularly entertaining, especially the part about how pro-Israeli advocates should try to portray Iran's nuclear program as a "global threat" and especially to Arab countries, rather than just an Israeli concern, and how you should advocate for sanctions "economic diplomacy" -- but only as part of a "step-by-step" approach to military confrontation.
The manual warns in several places about using excessive hype that makes the pro-Israeli claims unbelievable. I guess the Israel Project has learned from its past mistakes in making over-the-top claims (like about how Iran wants to nuke Denver) and is now instead toning down the hype so as to sound more believable.
You say "over-the-top claims (like about how Iran wants to nuke Denver)". This is not correct.
TIP used the Boulder-Denver Nuclear analogies to show how close the Iranian nuclear missles will be to Tel Aviv once Hezbollah gets them. Yes, roughly as close as Boulder and Denver. Americans tend to not realize how small areas are in Israel and how close to threats they are.
The images also remind us of the affinity that we need to have for the civilians that will be under threat of Iranian nuclear missles once Hezbollah has them.
There is a broad pattern of fraud directed at Israel and Israel-supporters. It is very bizarre.
I have been to many so called "pro-Palestinian" conferences over the past few years and follow the related media closely. They use a mix of mis-leading half-truths and outright lies to gain support.
They do not seem to believe that simply telling the truth would serve their purposes.
This TIP "dictionary" project was initiated some years after the pattern of misinformation by so called "Palestinian supporters". It is a reaction to the mis-information being presented by people who think they help the Palestinians by telling lies.
Posted by: Art M. | November 27, 2009 at 10:42 AM
Yeah blame the Jews for everything!
Your inferiority complex plus your antisemitism shows the caliber of your critical thinking skills.
Posted by: Abraham | July 19, 2009 at 01:06 AM