Israel Today reports:
As if Israel’s position in the world in not bad enough, a new survey published in the US Wednesday says that Israel is suffering from the worst public image among all countries of the world.
The study, called the National Brands Index, conducted by government advisor Simon Anholt and powered by global market intelligence solutions provider GMI (Global Market Insite, Inc.), shows that Israel is at the bottom of the list by a considerable margin in the public’s perception of its image.
The Index surveyed 25,903 online consumers across 35 countries about their perceptions of those countries across six areas of national competence: Investment and Immigration, Exports, Culture and Heritage, People, Governance and Tourism. The NBI is the first analytical ranking of the world’s nation brands.
“Israel’s brand is by a considerable margin the most negative we have ever measured in the NBI, and comes at the bottom of the ranking on almost every question,” states report author Simon Anholt.
Anholt believes that the politics of a nation can affect every single aspect of a person’s perception about a country. In the light of the recent announcement that the Israeli Foreign Ministry has taken upon itself to re-brand Israel, Anholt comments that to succeed in permanently changing the country’s image, the country has to be prepared to change its behavior. He reiterates his strong belief that a reputation cannot be constructed: it has to be earned.
“If Israel’s intention is to promote itself as a desirable place to live and invest in, the challenge appears to be a steep one,” Anholt concluded.
The survey also indicated that Israel came last in each area by a long margin, including the fact that of the 36 countries ranked, there is nowhere that respondents would like to visit less than Israel. Worse yet, the survey indicates that Israel’s people were also voted the most unwelcoming in the world.
And there was one more unpleasant surprise: Whoever thought that the United States is Israel’s best friend and Israel is loved in the US, the index indicated that Americans ranked Israel just slightly above China in terms of its conduct in the areas of international peace and security.
The 35 countries polled for the study were: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, and the USA.
Israel is the BESTBRAND NAME IN THE WORLD and has been this way for 3,000 Years If it were not for GOD ALMIGHTY WHO WATCHES OVER ISRAEL,all of the World woulod still be living in darkness..
May Israel Gather From Strength to Strength,and may its doubters stumble upon their stupidity.
@The Chosen One: YES!! This is *exactly* what you need to mantrically repeat to yourself in moments of doubt.
Just kidding, of course.
Seriously, thank you for this most valuable and insightful contribution into your mind.
“Worst country in the world??”
Its amazing that Israel is even included in the list of those 35 countries, as it was created a mere 60 years ago. I’m a little surprised that it came in last over SA and SK, but /sarcasm really it came in last over the UK, Italy, USA, Estonia?
With all the ignorance and hate floating around out there its not a secret that Israel is the scapegoat of the world.
@anonymous: ts amazing that Israel is even included in the list of those 35 countries, as it was created a mere 60 years ago
Oh, but remember that G.d’s Chosen People are far more talented than the semi-bestial goyim. That it took Israel only 60 to become the most hated country in the world is really a testimony to the amazing skills and unique ethic code of its people.
Think of all the other countries out there who have been competing for the highly coveted title of most hated country on the planet and who failed even though some tried for *centuries*.
The case is truly unique I suppose :-)
(either that, or just blame it all on the nebulous, but oh-how-convenient, “antisemitism” out there)
Look at the facts. Israel is a curse on the world. It presides over a brutal open air prison for 5 million or more in the territories. They can’t vote, they look out from the walled in villages at security roads they can’t travel on. At settlements on the hill they can’t come near, where their great grandfather farmed, now run by their new masters. Zionists have purchased enough of the world press to prevent any sustained negative PR exposure in the mass media basis here in the US.To get any real news, you must read Jewish newspapers, or JTA. American newspapers are totally cowed. Many US Zionists are really a fifth column in the US, which ignore differences between US and Israeli security and prosperity interests. They are loyal first to their clan, within and outside the country. Neocon Jews in the US are no better than Alger Hiss in the disloyal department. Basically I have come to believe that such people are really a criminal enterprise. If you speak against them, you end up in jail in many places especially if you question detains of their founding myth, the holocaust. They will lie the US into a regional war next, both parties are complicit, and there is nothing the man on the street can do about it. The media empire and both parties make the once proud US into a toad that must obey these masters of the universe. People in politics and the media are afraid of inuring the wrath of this pro Israel lobby. The new evil empire is what they are.
http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=198
Your vote does not count. “They” got the bases covered. You country has been bought. When you hear the word terrorist, assume that AlQaeda, Hammas , Hezbollah, The Iranians, are all conflated in the press. No significant effort is expended by the press to disambiguate this ruse. If you lift a hand against Israel, real or in the press, you are a terrorist. This is the main stream press in the US. Every four years we have this farce. The power is in the shadows, and we dare not speak against it, or you will lose your job and any political influence you ever had. The Latin Kings, and the Mafia are the closest analogy I can find, but Zionists/neocons are immunized from effective criticism by the very Christian community they have managed to outwit. Maybe we are doomed as a country. The internationalists have probably won.
It’s surprising to see that Israel has such an unfavorable image in the United States. Sometimes it seems that Americans are inundated with pro-Israel propaganda. I would never have guessed that so many Americans can see through the smokescreen.
-AA
@AA:Sometimes it seems that Americans are inundated with pro-Israel propaganda
Indeed. I took my kids to the library today to get them some history books (or so I hoped) only to find that there is only a minute half-a-shelf of (bad) books about “ancient civilizations”, then another one self of (bad) books about “European history” and most of that (three full shelves) were books about the “halakost”: German death camps, Auschwitz, the Final Solution, Ann Frank, Dachau, etc. etc. etc.
I think that Americans have been so “Jew-saturated” that a lot of them are developing an allergy of sorts to this topic. Hence the bad ratings.
Had the Zionists just bothered to read Hegel they would realize that their constant rolling propaganda hammering would eventually create its own reaction….
“The power is in the shadows, and we dare not speak against it, or you will lose your job and any political influence you ever had.”
Absolutely! Agree completely!
With regard to public libraries and textbooks, they are a total fucking waste! Public libraries in the US pretty much suck ass in terms of the quality of the books they buy and the milieu itself! They seem to have replaced the subways as shelters for the homeless, unwashed, mentally unstable masses.
University bookstores and libraries are better, but unless you are a student the Univ. library option isn’t available.
Best thing to do is look up books on the net and use inter-library loan if there is something that you want but can’t afford to buy.
-AngryWhiteDude
What ever happened to the Rosen Weissman (aipac) trial? Last I heard it was supposed to be for Oct 28. It has disappeared into a black hole. Gee, that’s odd.
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