Necessary for Israel to engage more aggressively in the information campaign by taking its message directly to the people and circumvent the mainstream media
Revisiting Last Summer's Conflict Between Israel and Hamas
The conclusions of a high-level group of military men and legal scholars examining the details of last year's 50-day war between Israel and Hamas run counter to many of the media assertions made at the time. The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) report's authors concluded at a recent event I attended that Hamas effectively used an information campaign during the Gaza War to convince the public that it was the victim, not the aggressor, causing Israel to adopt rules of engagement that may continue to bind the hands of policymakers for future wars.
