The Truthful Project

There are two different crises happening – one in Israel and another in the United Stated that perhaps can be solved, or at least mitigated, by the same solution. In Israel, there is the constant threat of terrorists bent on murdering innocents on the streets. These attacks come in many forms, but the one-on-one situation of stabbing attacks are becoming very prevalent. Crazed, brainwashed, radicalized individuals attack without warning and try to kill women, children, elderly, even soldiers, with a knife. Tragically, in many instances these terrorists are successful in causing severe injuries and killings. In the United States, there is an increase in crime as evidenced by organized groups conducting smash and grab raids that are reminiscent of pre-pandemic Black Friday crowds storming stores. These result in violent clashes with staff and spill over onto the streets. There has also been a sharp rise in the number of home invasions, murder, random street violence, and hate c

  According to a July 27, 2020 article on BuyItInIsrael.com titled “ Why are homes in Israel so expensive? ”, each year between 2015 and 2019 50,000-57,000 new apartments were built. Unfortunately, as the article points out, this is well below the projected yearly need, which is part of the supply and demand reason that housing prices keep rising. The build and purchase process when buying an apartment on paper [‘on paper’ means before or as the building is being completed] usually is: ·          A kablan (builder/contractor) submits plans to the local municipality. ·          The kablan then sells the approved apartment plans to prospective owners. ·          The owners can make small changes (such as: add more electrical points, run a water line for filtered water, etc.) during the construction process. ·          The owners cannot make any major renovations (such as enlarging a kitchen, combining rooms, moving non-load bearing walls, etc.) until the building is complete

Mitchell Bard’s recent article ( War-gaming ‘hasbara’ December 8 JNS) puts forth a very interesting concept: Treat government Hasbara (public diplomacy) as one more weapon in the military arsenal. Therefore, make the messaging part of the military’s planning and execution to be prepared before (similar to air force bombardment softening the ground for a ground invasion) and during the events. However, Israel seems to always be in the middle of some event. His idea is very interesting, needed, and should be explored. It adds to Melanie Phillips’ insightful article “ Why Israel needs a strategy to shape the narrative ” (JNS November 26, 2021) where she correctly proclaims “it is absolutely astounding that Israel still has no centralized communications strategy. Instead, different agencies feud with each other to put out largely uncoordinated responses to the propaganda onslaught that has hijacked language and all but rewritten the Jews out of their own historic story.” Unfortunat