hasbara

English

Etymology

From Hebrew הַסְבָּרָה (hasbará, literally “explaining”).

Pronunciation

Noun

hasbara (uncountable)

  1. (sometimes derogatory) Public relations efforts or propaganda to defend abroad the point of view and policies of the State of Israel.
    Hypernym: propaganda
    Hasbara detected, opinion rejected.
    • 2015, Gideon Levy, “Israeli Propaganda Isn't Fooling Anyone - Except Israelis”, in Haaretz:
      Hasbara is the Israeli euphemism for propaganda, and there are some things, said the late ambassador Yohanan Meroz, that are not 'hasbarable.' One of them is Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians.

Derived terms

See also

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.