Saturday, June 23, 2007

Half-naked female soldiers: Israel’s latest propaganda campaign

By Karima Saifullah

The Israeli government is desperate to improve its image and manipulate people who only link the Jewish state with wars, occupation and brutal aggression against the Palestinians. Recent polls show that Israel isn’t well-regarded in the country’s closest ally, the United States, where the majority of young men believe that the Jewish state is “too religious and too militaristic.”

In an attempt to improve its tainted image, the Israeli consulate in New York came up with what could be described as a cheap idea: resorting to pornography by publishing images of half-naked female soldiers in the U.S. men’s magazine Maxim; a move that was strongly condemned by Israel’s religious right, who said that the government was degrading the Jewish state and promoting sex tourism.

"We found that Israel's image among men aged 18-38 is lacking, so we thought we'd approach them with an image they'd find appealing,” said David Saranga, consul for media and public affairs at the Israeli consulate.

Maxim magazine, which promises its readers "girls, sex, sports" and usually avoids politics, initially refused the Israeli consulate’s request to publish the photographs, but it changed its mind after it saw the pictures of 12 of Israel’s top models.

"The Israeli models", Saranga said, were a "Trojan horse" to present Israel as a modern country with pretty women.

5 comments:

J.C. said...

What else would you expect from some of the worlds best spin doctors, and the ones who made up the original brand of bullshit that spawned Christianity and Islam ?
As far as I know Maxim is a tease magazine that does not show that little area down below, or nips.
So I would hardly call that porn.
It won`t be hard to brainwash Americans.
A little twist and turn and they can make them dance to the tune they play.

Denmark Vesey said...

skip sievert said...
"What else would you expect from some of the worlds best spin doctors, and the ones who made up the original brand of bullshit that spawned Christianity and Islam ?"

Skip. You're a funny guy. Who knows. Maybe you are right. Maybe only you members of the "Technocracy" will be saved.

But Skip, seriously, you've reached the point in your development where you could benefit from an enlightened perspective regarding Christianity, Islam, religion and God.

I suggest you start here:

Christianity Before Christ
http://denmarkvesey.blogspot.com/2006/11/christianity-before-christ_24.html

J.C. said...

Thanks for the suggestion, but the title would indicate that it is just more bullshit.
How can you have a concept which originated with a person or Guru type, exist before it was invented ?
Two things are natural.
The drive to procreate, and the drive to survive.
In other words screwing and eating.
The rest is happy horse shit invented by man to try to control man.
There is however good poetry and bad poetry.
Good poetry tells the truth, much like the dancing chicks in the videos below. Bad poetry tries to use Voodoo to make people 'believe' in nonsense.
A good society could prevent violence on its citizens. That is the hallmark of a good society.
We do not live in a good society, and all the religious hucksters in the world will never make one.
Belief is the culprit.
Science is the answer.
No one gets saved. No one gets out of here alive.
It is possible though to live in abundance and freedom.
Not with the current system though for the vast majority who are being tortured with it every day.

Anonymous said...

Wow. They monitor the atitudes of our people by specific categories and then target each one with Zionist propaganda. Deep.

Big J

eddie said...

again and again... who would believe that bull...t story??? jelous that G.d didn't make you prettier? or is that your thought that only ugly faces in the army? Maxim has no relation to photos of female soldiers-it's men's entertainment magazine -so who gives the damn what on its centerfolds and who is there ,as long it has pretty body/face and has high rating. your way of thinking makes me sick.