Israeli government videos portray Europeans as gullible

Published: 5:28PM GMT twenty-five February 2010

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The travesty of foreigners suggests Israel is seen as a back country, noted usually by a inclination for war.

Israel is endangered that, after the descent on the Gaza Strip last year, the picture abroad is suffering.

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The main target of the website is to suggest tips to Israelis travelling abroad on how to scold usual misconceptions and misperceptions about their country.

The humorous videos indicate that Europeans are undeveloped sufficient to swallow any inconceivable picture of Israel.

In one short clip, a British TV contributor introduces the camel as a "typical Israeli animal, used by the Israelis to ride from place to place in the dried where they live".

"It is the equates to of ride for water, sell and ammunition. It is even used by the Israeli cavalry," he says in a David Attenborough pose.

In a second clip, a breathless anchorwoman in a French TV college of music has violation headlines of "the sounds of war" in Israel.

"Our special envoys inform sharpened and complicated explosions opposite the country," she gasps, as Israel innocently celebrates the autonomy day with fireworks displays and fly-pasts.

A third shows an Israeli barbecue, where a buoyant Spanish TV contributor in roving breeches informs her audience: "Most Israeli homes don"t have physical phenomenon or gas, so they make use of very old in progress methods, similar to beef roasted on charcoal".

The website is the work of the Ministry of Hasbara, a Hebrew word definition reason or publicity.

"Are you fed up with how we are being presented in the world?" asks a voice after each clip.

It goes on to contend volunteers can assistance urge the country"s picture by being picture ambassadors and tackling anti-Israel prejudice.

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