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The BBC’s flagship programme Today is as deeply flawed in its coverage of Israel and Palestine as the rest of the BBC.  Their rule of thumb is to bully and badger any Arab they allow […]

The two countries with mostly positive attitudes about Israel do so in modest numbers. Forty-five percent of Nigerians and 41 percent of Americans have positive views of Israel’s influence in the world, while nearly one-third […]

Television news is the main source of information on the Israel-Palestine conflict for about 80% of the population. Yet the quality of what they see and hear is so confused and partial that it is […]

So Israel’s war against Hezbollah has failed. After a month of barbaric bombing that has left over 1,000 Lebanese dead and an estimated one million homeless, Israel has failed to beat one of its arch […]

In introducing the new marketing initiative known as "nation branding", Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said, "It’s time to bridge the gap between the real Israel and its international image. Israel has much to offer to […]

High-level Israeli spokespeople here struggle to get country’s nuanced message out. Jewish Week June 2007, read more

But the profile she is reading is a profile with a difference: it represents the entire state of Israel. Officials hope that running a MySpace page dedicated to Israel will help improve relations with people […]

Israel has decided to reach out to young US men by publishing images of semi-clad female former soldiers in US men’s magazine, Maxim. Story from BBC News June 2007, read more See also Guardian article

A secret Israeli report warns Israel’s world image could fall as low as South Africa’s during the apartheid era in the next decade, local media report. BBC report 2004, read more

www.davidferrard.com www.justlaugh.co.uk/comedians/Bill_Dewar.html Photos from the social / fundraiser event on Thursday 14 June in Edinburgh.  Monies raised go towards the SPSC Delegation to Israel/Palestine 2007. Thanks to all performers, speakers and to The Meadow Bar for […]