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Israeli intensifies PR campaign to gain int'l sympathy for Gaza operation
By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10
Tags: Hamas, Israel news, Israel 
Haaretz.com/Channel 10 daily feature for December 28, 2008.

As the Israel Defense Forces pound Gaza, senior officials have launched an aggressive public relations campaign, in an attempt to gain international sympathy for Operation Cast Lead.

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on Saturday instructed the Foreign Ministry to take emergency measures to adapt Israel's international public relations to the ongoing escalation in the Gaza Strip.


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n Sunday, Livni and other officials gave interviews in English and Arabic to various international news stations.

The Foreign Ministry is also looking to recruit speakers of other foreign languages, in particular, Italian, Spanish, and German, in order to expand Israel's public relations campaign.

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