(JNS) Dr. Irwin J. Mansdorf interviewed by Bennett Ruda - Irwin J. Mansdorf is a fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs specializing in political psychology. "Political psychology is the application of psychological, behavioral, or cognitive theory and techniques to help us understand political phenomena better. Hamas, as the weaker military force than Israel, has been using a variety of psychological techniques to compensate for its military disadvantage. Much of their strategy is to create perceptions through distorting facts - leading to deception and a false perception of reality." Israel's Foreign Ministry "was wrong in assuming that 'rebranding' Israel through showing its accomplishments would help. The 'rebranding' effort...is based more on well-meaning people sitting around a table and deciding what makes sense to them rather than expending effort on conducting real, focused research to find out what really works....Showing an accomplished Israel contrasted with a suffering and downtrodden Palestinian population evokes sympathy for the Palestinians and works against Israel's interests." The Palestinian strategy accusing Israel of human rights violations "has been used before successfully by the Palestinians, and is being used again today successfully....That is something that could have been countered by presenting the reality of Palestinian culture glorifying violence towards Jews, educating to terror, paying terrorists, and denying and distorting Jewish history in the land."
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