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The Israeli wumao: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbara
Hasbara has no direct English translation, but roughly means "explaining". It is a communicative strategy that "seeks to explain actions, whether or not they are justified".
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In its 2025 budget, Israel planned to spend $150 million on hasbara, a 20-fold increase.
In the 2026 budget, NIS 2.35 billion (about $730 million) has been allocated to hasbara.Replies
karim79 • today at 1:24 AM
I mean 730 million isn't a lot, right? It's all good all safe. 730 million dollars. Which could solve hunger in parts of Africa. But let's just use it to protect our image.
I appreciate the comment and I'm well aware and fully clued up on the history of Hasbara and the rest. I actually thought the word "Hasbara" was closer to "explanation". Close enough lexically I guess.
I just find this really depressing and I hope that there will be an end in sight. The happenings of right now is the stuff of horror novels.
But still, it is fucking disturbing shit which somehow has a place in the world.