Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Oren:: Hamas strategy relies on deaths of civilians - CNN.com
War seems to have become a media and public relations game.
Beyond that, the staging of events for sympathy has become quite significant...
Beyond that, the staging of events for sympathy has become quite significant...
On CNN's website, Michael J. Oren writes about this:
"And the reason is simple: More than a military strategy, Hamas has a media strategy. Calculatingly, Hamas employs primitive military tactics to mount a sophisticated media campaign that can threaten Israel's basic security. And in conducting that offensive, Hamas can count on one of the world's most powerful weapons: the international media. Hamas fires hundreds of rockets at Israeli cities and towns and tries to attack Israeli farms via the sea and through tunnels. Thanks to Israeli technology and vigilance, few of these actions have inflicted extensive damage. Still, they disrupt Israeli life, impair the economy, and leave cumulative psychological scars."
