ELECTRONIC INTIFADA – Propaganda does not always go according to plan. The Israeli military opted to remove a video depicting it as a feminist organization from Facebook earlier this month. Some less than liberal Zionists were upset by the video’s implicit message that women soldiers are just as capable of killing Palestinians as their male counterparts.
Israel is fortunate that its key partners are impervious to such embarrassing squabbles. Emanuele Giaufret, the European Union’s ambassador in Tel Aviv, is among those partners. He keeps himself busy by backslapping Israeli recipients of EU science grants.
During a recent reception, Giaufret praised Israeli firms and institutions for their “amazing ideas.” He promoted, too, a short film on “collaborative projects” between the EU and Israel. CONTINUE READING
