Category Archives: Information war

Don’t give them the narrative

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

Narrative is everything in information warfare. If you give your enemy the narrative, then the game is tilted in his favor from the start. Palestinian Arabs constantly repeat the myth that they are an indigenous people and we stole their … Continue reading →

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Jon Stewart, anti-Israel propagandist

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

“The Daily Show” is the top-rated late night talk show on US cable TV. So it was unfortunate when host Jon Stewart ran this on July 31, during the Gaza war: In this short segment, Stewart effectively told his viewers … Continue reading →

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What is the alternative?

Posted on September 28, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it’s impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength … Continue reading →

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Hamas strategy revealed (it isn’t so complicated)

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

Sometimes one hears that the Hamas strategy is difficult to understand, appears irrational, is self-defeating, and so forth. After all, they are not going to destroy Israel with their rockets, and every time there the conflict heats up they end … Continue reading →

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Israel-hating lunatics too crazy to make fun of

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

The sheer irrationality of the Israel-haters is so great that it becomes impossible to mock them. When the news of the massive protests and police reaction in Ferguson, Missouri, following the shooting of an unarmed black teenager reached Israel, people … Continue reading →

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To my friends in Fresno

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

Although I have been happily living in the one and only Jewish state for a week, I still haven’t let go of my old home town, Fresno California. Here is a statement from an email sent to its members by … Continue reading →

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