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To: LLLefty who wrote (20481)	3/3/2002 12:49:35 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Nice post, LLLefty. It pretty well sums up the position. Israeli PR, or hasbara as they call it, has generally been pretty pathetic. But anybody would get tired of having their truthful (mostly) statements reported on a par with the wild-eyed accusations of the other side. For all the reasons you cite, reporters dutifully repeat whatever hogwash the PA produces on any given day: The IAF is dropping poisoned chocolates on the West Bank. The IDF is using strippers on tanks to lure Palestinian youths. There were no pro bin Laden rallies in Nablus or Gaza City. Arafat has no knowledge of a 50 ton arms shipment on the Karine A. Arafat deplores the suicide bombers (most of whom are on his payroll) in English, even as he extols them in Arabic. Etc. The US has the same problem getting its message across in the region. Almost two generations have passed since Israel was the world's darling little David against Goliath. The world's left loved them. There's not a little irony in that today. I think 1967 was the turning point. The Israelis stopped being underdogs then, and to add insult to injury, they stopped being socialists about that time as well. even a little love interest now and then (he's Jewish; she's Palestinian.) When there's such a love interest, it's always the other way around, Arab guy, Jewish girl. If a Palestinian girl tried to go out with a Jew, her brothers would kill her.