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Monday, July 16, 2001

In place of complex justifications of their positions, they’ll just talk softer

"Arab politicians are accustomed to having their views reported in their own country by a servile press, regardless of whether they have anything new and interesting to say. They don't have to try hard to get their message into print. There are no sound bitesÑjust megabytes of verbiage. Whether anyone reads or remembers it is not the point; the press has done its duty in reporting it."

Guardian. The Arab world is adopting an Israeli strategy of using public relations methods to make their messages more comprehensible, palatable and apparently more reasonable. "Many Arabs maintain that their negative image is part of a vast Zionist conspiracy. This conveniently excuses them from any blame and allows them to grumble endlessly without doing anything to change perceptions. The reality, on the whole, is much less sinister."'

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