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NETENYAHU PROVEN RIGHT BY MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S PR AGENCY [Excerpts]

Burson-Marsteller – one of the world’s largest PR firms – who refused to represent Israel, yet accepted Muslim Brotherhood as a client issued its annual Twiplomacy study.  As they explain the study, “World leaders vie for attention, connections and followers on Twitter.” Social media of course continues to grow worldwide.

To no surprise, their study basically reveals that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a world leader with a very keen understanding of how media and influence works. Some years ago, Prime Minister Netanyahu reportedly said in an interview that the two main enemies facing Israel are The New York Times and Israeli newspaper Haaretz. “They set the agenda for an anti-Israel campaign all over the world. Journalists read these publications every morning and base their news stories … on what they read in the New York Times and Haaretz.”

Indeed, the “Twiplomacy study” revealed that for world leaders, The New York Times is the single most popular news source on Twitter – and Haaretz is the most-followed Israeli news source on Twitter amongst world leaders.  Both of these media outlets are virulently opposed to Israel’s policies.

The journalists most followed by world-leaders should also be concerning to Israel supporters.  The most-followed journalist by world leaders is CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour, whom many consider virulenty anti-Israel.

The 2nd most-followed journalist by world leaders on Twitter goes to another CNN anchor, Fareed Zakaria, who last year asked the Israeli Ambassador to the United States why Israel needs to be a Jewish state. Rounding out the top 5 comes NYT Columnists #3 Nicholas Kristof, #4 Paul Krugman (who has written that the policies of the current “narrow minded” Israeli government “are basically a gradual long-run form of national suicide”), and perpetual Anti-Israel critic Uncle Tom Friedman (In 2011, Friedman described the Israeli government as “drunk,” “out of touch” and “in-bred,” and wrote that congressional ovations for Prime Minister Netanyahu were “bought and paid for by the Israel lobby”).

The media is unabashedly Anti-Israel – and undoubtedly affects world policies.

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