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Jun 17, 2012, 4:29 PM

Queers Against Israeli Apartheid? Yes – and it’s a good thing

Yes, there really is an organization called Queers Against Israeli Apartheid. They're based in Toronto, and their participation (or non-participation) in Toronto's annual Pride Week and parade has been a source of hot controversy. Toronto's Pride Week is one of the...

May 8, 2012, 6:59 PM

The self-marginalization of some of Israel’s critics

As tempting as it is to fight every battle on the PR front, sometimes it helps to stay out of the way and let certain of Israel's opponents have a clear field to display their stupidity - and to...

Apr 25, 2012, 10:18 PM

The CBS hatchet job

There is a lot of justifiable hue and cry about the '60 Minutes' segment that blames Israel for the decrease in the Christian population in the West Bank. Numerous commentators have effectively dissected this travesty, and it seems that...

Apr 16, 2012, 4:19 PM

Boredom is a strategy

Pro-Palestinian agitators outside of Israel have now had three failures in a row - round two of the Gaza flotilla, the March on Jerusalem, and the "flytilla." All three cases featured plenty of advance hype, dire predictions from Israel...

Apr 9, 2012, 8:45 PM

‘Selling’ vs. ‘winning’ the argument

It always amazes me how advocates for Israel confuse "selling" with "winning the argument." The two are not the same thing. Not that "winning the argument" is unimportant. There are many fronts - academia, think tags, journals of opinion - in...

Apr 1, 2012, 6:28 PM

Who’s the audience? Why do they matter?

One of the biggest mistakes made by those who are engaged by Israel's apparent PR shortcomings, is to conflate all audiences into one - and assume that it is highly desirable to influence this homogeneous group. "They don't like Israel" must...

Mar 27, 2012, 1:12 PM

Bad PR? – If only it were that simple

If you love Israel but want to criticize its performance, by far the safest topic is PR. It’s Israel’s good old reliable piñata – always there to be bashed, and never failing to yield a treasure trove of goodies. The...

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About Me

David Cravit is a career advertising and marketing professional, with over 35 years' experience in the USA and Canada. He is the author of The New Old (2008) and Beyond Age Rage (2012), analyzing how the baby boomers are reinventing aging, and the impact on public policy and social issues as well as marketing.