Media as a Theater of War
Electronic Literature Packet
Compiled by Dr. Joel S. Fishman
Below are suggested readings for the Herzilya Conference, many by participants. If anyone has further suggestions to make, I’d be happy to consider them for inclusion. We will try and post the PDF files shortly.
General Background: Israel and World Opinion; The Media War
Fishman, Joel, “Information Policy and National Identity: Israel’s Ideological War,” ACPR Policy Paper, No. 142, 2002.
59 pages,
Fishman, Joel, ““Ten Years Since Oslo: The PLO’s People’s War Strategy and Israel’s Inadequate Response, Jerusalem Viewpoints, No. 503 (1-15 September 2003).
20 pages
Fishman, Joel, “The Cold War Origins of Contemporary Anti-Semitic Terminology,” Jerusalem viewpoints, No. 517 (2-16 May 2004).
14 pages.
Gissin, Raanan, “The Critical Importance of Israeli Public Diplomacy in the War Against Iran,,” Jerusalem Issue Brief, Vol. 6, No. 9 (August 2006)
6 pages.
Halkin, Hillel, “Israel’s Media Problem,” Commentary, 121:2, February 2006.
Inbar, Efraim, “What Went Wrong,” Jerusalem Post, 2 April, 2006.
2 pages
“There is a long-range danger in the emergence of an international consensus questioning the legitimacy of Israel.” The author explains there is strategic need for Israel to improve its information policy.
Navon, Emmanuel,
“Soft Powerlessness: Arab Propaganda and the Erosion of Israel’s International Standing,” Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya, 21-24 January 2006.
98 pages
Schleifer, Ron, ““Psychological Warfare in Israel,” (Hebrew), The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Bar Ilan University, July 2002.
42 pages
War of Ideas, Intellectual Issues
Kerstein, Benjamin, “Sins of ’68,” Azure, Spring 2006.
14 pages, PDF File
Landes, Richard, “Paradigms and the Middle East: PCP vs. HSJP,” Second Draft
Rosenfeld, Alvin, “Progressive Jewish Thought and the New Anti-Semitism,” American Jewish Committee, December 2006.
22 pages
The Second War in Lebanon
Gerstenfeld ,Manfred, “Europe’s Mindset Toward Israel as Accentuated by the Lebanon War,” Jerusalem Viewpoints, No. 547, 1 October, 2006.
19 pages.
Landes, Richard, “Meditations of Reutersgate: What’s Going on with the MSM?,” The Augean Stables
North, Richard, “The Corruption of the Media” Eureferendum.
The final report on the “Kfar Qana” incident.
Pollak, Noah, “Video Made the Terrorist Star,” National Review Online, 3, August 2006.
3 pages
Poller, Nidra, “Baked on the Premises,” Atlas Shrugs, 25 July 2006.
4 pages
Poller, Nidra, “French Duplomacy,” Tech Central Station Daily, 11 August 2006.
2 pages
Poller, Nidra, “Give War a Chance,” Jihad Watch, 3 August 2006.
2 pages
Poller, Nidra, “Indiscriminate Pacifism,” Tech Central Station Daily, 1 August 2006.
2 pages
Poller, Nidra, “Seduce and Betray,” Wall Street Journal, 24, August 2006.
3 pages
Stotsky, Steven, “ Stotsky, Steven, “Questioning the Number of Civilian Casualties in Lebanon,” CAMERA, 7 September 2006.
6 pages
The Debate about the Effectiveness of Official Information Policy
Glick, Caroline, “Column One: Truth in Advertising,” Jerusalem Post, 3 November 2006.
3 pages
Mazel, Zvi,
“Tzipi, You Failed,” Y-net, 24 August 2006.
2 pages
Mazel, Zvi,
“Bikinis are not enough,” Y-net, 29 October 2006.
2 pages,
Mendel, Roee,
“Want to Win the Media Game? Don’t Apologize,” Y-net, 11 September 2006.
3 pages
Poller, Nidra, “Don’t Apologize,” Atlas Shrugs, 8 August 2006.
3 pages
The Media and Media Warfare
Landes, Richard, “Another’s Life: Lessons from Kfar Qana,” Augean Stables
Terrorism and Internet: Hezbollah’s widespread use of the Internet as a means to distribute anti-Israeli, anti-Jewish, and anti-American incitement as part of the war for the hearts and minds (as at December 3, 2006) , Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center at the Center for Special Studies (C.S.S)
“Letter from al-Zawahiri to al-Zarqawi,” GlobalSecurity.org, 9, July 2005.
7 pages
Lynch, Marc, “Al Qaeda’s Media Strategies,” The National Interest online, 1 March 2006.
7 pages,
Mansdorf, Irwin J., “Psychological Warfare in the Arab-Israeli Conflict: The Strategic Affect on Military and Political Decisions”
11 pages, PDF file