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[[File:Zionist headlines.png|thumb|[[Bourgeois media|Western media]] headlines falsely accusing [[Islamic Resistance Movement|Hamas]] of beheading civilians]] | [[File:Zionist headlines.png|thumb|[[Bourgeois media|Western media]] headlines falsely accusing [[Islamic Resistance Movement|Hamas]] of beheading civilians]] | ||
'''Hasbara''' (Hebrew: הַסְבָּרָה, meaning "explaining") is [[Zionism|Zionist]] [[propaganda]], [[information warfare]] and [[psyop]] aimed at | '''Hasbara''' (Hebrew: הַסְבָּרָה, meaning "explaining") is [[Zionism|Zionist]] [[propaganda]], [[information warfare]] and [[psyop]] aimed at external audiences.<ref name=":1">{{Web citation|author=TRT World|newspaper=TRT World|title=The art of deception: How Israel uses ‘hasbara’ to whitewash its crimes|url=https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/the-art-of-deception-how-israel-uses-hasbara-to-whitewash-its-crimes-46775|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240202101602/https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/the-art-of-deception-how-israel-uses-hasbara-to-whitewash-its-crimes-46775|archive-date=2024-02-02}}</ref> In addition to the [[State of Israel|Zionist government]], private groups such as [[Christians United for Israel]] and [[StandWithUs]] are involved.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Jessica Buxbaum|newspaper=[[MintPress News]]|title=Israel's Latest Hasbara Scheme Enlists High School Students as Trolls against Palestine|date=2023-05-11|url=https://www.mintpressnews.com/israels-teen-troll-army-hasbara-scheme/284626/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705063422/https://www.mintpressnews.com/israels-teen-troll-army-hasbara-scheme/284626/|archive-date=2023-07-05}}</ref> | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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In 2010, two Israeli groups, [[Yesha Council]] and [[My Israel]], launched a course to teach participants how to edit Wikipedia articles to ensure that what is written on Israel is "Zionist in nature."<ref>{{YouTube citation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t52LB2fYhoY|channel=Israel National News - Arutz Sheva|title=Course: Zionist Editing on Wikipedia|date=Aug 18, 2010|archive-url=https://archive.org/details/course-zionist-editing-on-wikipedia|archive-date=2024-03-17}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|author=Rachel Shabi and Jemima Kiss|newspaper=The Guardian|title=Wikipedia editing courses launched by Zionist groups|date=2010|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/aug/18/wikipedia-editing-zionist-groups|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208163554/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/aug/18/wikipedia-editing-zionist-groups|archive-date=2024-02-08}}</ref> | In 2010, two Israeli groups, [[Yesha Council]] and [[My Israel]], launched a course to teach participants how to edit Wikipedia articles to ensure that what is written on Israel is "Zionist in nature."<ref>{{YouTube citation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t52LB2fYhoY|channel=Israel National News - Arutz Sheva|title=Course: Zionist Editing on Wikipedia|date=Aug 18, 2010|archive-url=https://archive.org/details/course-zionist-editing-on-wikipedia|archive-date=2024-03-17}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|author=Rachel Shabi and Jemima Kiss|newspaper=The Guardian|title=Wikipedia editing courses launched by Zionist groups|date=2010|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/aug/18/wikipedia-editing-zionist-groups|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208163554/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/aug/18/wikipedia-editing-zionist-groups|archive-date=2024-02-08}}</ref> | ||
In 2011 | In 2011, [[Arutz Sheva]] conducted an interview that revealed the existence of the [[IDF New-Media Desk]], a team of soldiers dedicated to online information warfare and the dissemination of [[Zionism|Zionist]] [[propaganda]] in social media. "Our goal is to provide as much information online as possible... New-Media is a new medium in order to disseminate information" said the co-founder and commander of the team. The team is located in the international communications department of the [[Israel Defense Forces|IDF]] spokesman unit. All the members of the [[IDF New-Media Desk]] are English speakers and many of them are new immigrants to Israel.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Yoni Kempinski|newspaper=Arutz Sheva|title=IDF Facebook-Twitter Commando|date=2011-02-16|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/142374|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240205015847/http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/142374|archive-date=2024-02-05}}</ref><ref>{{Video citation|url=https://youtu.be/9HtFukI_K84|channel=Israel National News - Arutz Sheva|title=Meet the IDF Facebook-Twitter Commando|date=2011-02-17|archive-url=https://archive.org/details/meet-the-idf-facebook-twitter-commando|archive-date=2024-04-28}}</ref> | ||
In 2015, the Zionist Education Ministry started requiring all high school students to take hasbara courses before traveling abroad on school trips.<ref name=":0" /> | In 2015, the Zionist Education Ministry started requiring all high school students to take hasbara courses before traveling abroad on school trips.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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