On social media, the Hebrew word “hasbara” has become a dismissive shorthand for pro-Israel advocacy, indicating how widely known Israel’s uphill efforts to shape its image have become.

Oh no! People have become aware of reality and that's bad!

“It means protecting the country both by accentuating positive images and by eliminating negative realities,” Cull said.

So the Israeli government knows online detractors are right so want to silence them? That does sound more feasible than fixing things.

“I suspect that the government of Israel will be unable to sell its solutions to the world when so many of its own people dispute the validity of those solutions, and where the domestic consensus is wide of the international understanding of realities on the ground.”

Israel was founded on an ethnic supremacist ideology and runs hard with the lies that it is a scrappy underdog who always goes it alone. This quote is recognition that that is biting them in the ass! Many of their younger generations don't realize how weak their country would be without the US to fight their battles and believe being hated is the default for jews. It's like watching an abusive alcoholic drink themself to death.

Israel has spent so much on propaganda that they are in an incredibly bad position because their reality became accessible. This article is a chronicle of where hasbara led them while still embracing the 'look what you made me do!' logic of an abuser to blind themselves from what needs to change to stop their destruction. This article proves that their ministers know it and yet their answer isn't ending the "negative realities" of their society, but more propaganda!