Fakeland — Part 1 | The End of Israeli Public Diplomacy?

in Hebrew, with English subtitles

While the missiles were flying overhead and the guns were thundering, and even before the tanks began moving and the planes began bombing, the cognitive war was underway. On social media, in the traditional media, on the screen, and in WhatsApp groups, the war over the worldviews of billions of people continues with unprecedented intensity.

In the first episode of “Fakeland,” the new podcast series of the INSS Program on Influence and Cognition, veteran commentator Attila Somfalvi talks with INSS research David Siman-Tov on the public diplomacy war waged by Israel alongside the military campaigns in Gaza and in the north. Can Israel win this war? What has happened to the country’s public diplomacy? How has Hamas succeeded in dictating the narrative that opposes the organization and nonetheless deem itself the victor?

The podcast is produced in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Israel