In this episode of "ABCs of Geopolitics", the head of the Russia Studies Program at the Institute for National Security Studies, former Israeli Ambassador to Russia Arkady Mil-Man and political strategist and journalist Mikhail Gurevich discuss methods of waging modern information wars using the example of Israel, Hamas, Russia and Ukraine. The experts argue for the thesis that today victory in a hybrid war is achieved not on the battlefield, but by influencing people's consciousness.
Contents:
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01:15 Mikhail Gurevich. Business card for a guest.
02:00 What is happening on the front of the information war against Israel?
03:48 Israel and Hamas - each side can claim victory in the future.
04:05 Every year in Egypt, victory parades are held in the Yom Kippur War, which they call the October War.
04:55 What will victory in the war mean for Hamas and what must Israel achieve to claim victory?
06:00 For the first time since the Yom Kippur War, Israel has forced the international community to ask terrorists difficult questions that they are forced to answer.
06:45 Only after October 7 did the terrorists begin to leave the airwaves, because they have no answers that can convince the world of the rightness of their actions.
07:45 Mikhail Gurevich: "Blood and losses make the picture of events more proportionate. This is unfortunate, but this is how the information environment works."
08:13 How to fight fakes against Israel that are spread by its opponents?
09:20 What are the methods of waging modern information warfare created in Ukraine and how is Israel adopting them.
10:45 Foreign journalists should have been immediately allowed into Be'eri and other places where terrorists killed Israeli civilians.
11:15 On the Palestinian fake about the destruction of the Palestinian hospital in Gaza.
13:10 Visits of foreign leaders help Israel in its information war against Hamas.
14:15 On the war of Iran and Russia against Israel with the help of fakes.
15:45 What are the main components of information attacks and leaks from Russia.
17:45 Russia cannot create a coalition. Therefore, Russia's main ally is chaos. The goal of fakes is to sow chaos. Iran uses similar methods.
20:25 Why Hamas issued several official statements calling on the Palestinian population not to discuss leaks of information about the negotiations on the release of hostages. Leaks can serve Israeli military and information interests.
21:35 How Putin rewrites Russian history. Proof - in an interview with Tucker Carlson.
22:20 Putin considered Netanyahu's style of speaking at the UN and adopted it.
Putin recruits Carlson live on air.
23:35 How does the reverse cargo cult manifest itself in Russia?
26:55 Putin is an old recruiter. He recruits Tucker Carlson live on air. And through him, he recruits Americans and Europeans.
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