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http://www.ynet.co.il/english/articles/0,7340,L-3663679,00.html

Some 1,000 new immigrants and foreign-language-speaking Jews volunteer to army of bloggers set up by Absorption Ministry and Foreign Ministry with the stated objective of flooding blogs with pro-Israel opinions

Itamar Eichner Published: 01.29.09, 09:52 / Israel Culture

Arye Sharuz-Shalicar, 31, whose parents emigrated from Iran to Germany, is a one-man PR show. He speaks Persian, German, English, French, and Spanish and can also get by in Russian, Turkish, Arabic, and Italian.

Sharuz-Shalicar is one of the front-line soldiers in the Ministry of Absorption's new "army of bloggers" that was recently established in cooperation with the Foreign Ministry's public relations department following Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip.

The Absorption Ministry is recruiting new immigrants and Jews living abroad who have access to a computer and who speak a second language to a volunteer effort to improve public relations for Israel on the internet. The campaign was launched last week.

In the cross hairs are problematic blogs, talkbacks, online social networks, online polls, Youtube videos, and more.

The ministry was amazed by the massive response to the effort. More than 1,000 interested applicants contacted them, of which 350 are Russian speakers, 250 English speakers, 150 Spanish speakers, 100 French speakers, and 50 German speakers.

A range of other European languages are also represented among the volunteers: Portuguese, Swedish, Dutch, Italian, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Greek, Bulgarian, and Danish. Persian-, Turkish-, and Arabic-speaking Jews also offered their services. The ministry even got an application from a Chinese speaker.

Some 60% of the applicants are immigrants, old and new. The rest are Jews living in the Diaspora, Israelis living abroad, and even non-Jews who support Israel and want to help out.

The Absorption Ministry forwarded the volunteers' details to the Foreign Ministry, which briefed them via email and provided up-to-date material on the situation, including video clips that could help them in the field.

While the Absorption Ministry is tasked with recruitment, the Foreign Ministry will be responsible for directing the volunteers online. Each time the ministry identifies an anti-Israel trend on a foreign-language blog, news site, or other website, it will immediately put out a message to the volunteers to flood the site with pro-Israel opinions
Absorption Ministry Director-General Erez Halfon commented, "This provides an important opportunity for new immigrants, who have always been a strong Zionist nucleus, to feel like they are contributing to improving Israel's image in the world. The foreign-language-speaking immigrants are a real asset, and it is important to take advantage of this. From our perspective, it was like an emergency call up, and I am thrilled that the response was so great."

Noam Katz, director of the Foreign Ministry's PR department, said, "We are in the process of thinking how to utilize these volunteers not only during conflict, but also during regular times as well."

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[EuroAmerican02]

This has to be one of the dumbest vids containing the most misninformed data I've seen about the Jewish people on YouTube, notwithstanding the Holocaust denial vids, of course. They are approx. on the same level of schizoid paranoia and lack of intelligence however.

[CherylSpeaksOut]

@EuroAmerican02  hasbara can't even tell when it comes from their own Israel Absorption Ministry and Foreign Ministry PR's department, it's ynet article the release is posted under the video and your ad hodiem remarks are a reflection of you - of course.

[JerrySPsy]

Did you also know that the Muslims countries have earmarked over a billion to wage a propaganda campaign on the internet? So excuse us Jews if we contest all of the conspiracy theories, holocaust denials, and anti-semitic canards that are so rampant on the net. And if we do - we are labeled as clones, shills, puppets, etc. And if we don't try to set the record straight then the gullible of our society tend to believe everything they are fed on You Tube & elsewhere.

[CherylSpeaksOut]

@JerrySPsy & u do what most israeli propogandists do, try to take the topic off subject and ad-homiem remarks. you have done both, the topic is the article written by ynet, it's still posted under the yt vid which it is in.... the gaza masscre....Jan 2009 ring a bell, I won't be responding anymore, as I have said I already posted the answer and you can't see it or obviously even read it.

[408Magenta]

Write something about Israel and Speigel comes out of his cave and writes a shitty 50-word write up about some obscure and irrelevant matter that only jews can do best.

[pluvias]

thank you for info ppl must know that Israel is a bad country first of all for Jews

[UBERWalter1945]

damn jews



[Jolav4]

so many tinfoil hats

[pazki]

hey man... i only wish there was such an organization for gentiles against them....

[G1987Jason]

Just a warning to people not to be persuaded by the 'mainstream' comments you see on most internet posts they are heavily JIDF controlled.

[massimo38]

@JerrySPsy Do you have ANY PROOF ? JUST ONE !

[n0manland]

israel must just do the world a favor and disappear. AIPAC and USA assured prime monster Nuttyjewho that they will be allowed into America. Do it now. Why wait.

[adolf1Abbass]

here i do warn them and urge them to stop what da bloody shite they are committing first thing stop attacking gaza make peace treaty with arabs as much fast as it could be second thing stop condemning german they were not sinner but those who committed sin against germany and all world are zionist they ought to be eradicated very soon let da germany flag fly in israel even if it is old reich flag german should be allowed to recite their anthem in israel if you are not agreed we are not rat

[JerrySPsy]

@EvilsOfFeminism At least I know what I am and freely admit it. I guess you could call me a Zionist agent. I am a proud Zionist and although I receive no compensation I feel compelled to challenge all the lies and distortions that are promulgated regarding Jews, Israel, and Zionism. Interesting that you bring up Martin Luther - one of history most virulent anti-semites. But I guess you would look up to people like him who stand for spreading hatred, religious intolerance, and bullshit.