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Israel Online · Sep 15, 2026

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Israel Is Winning on the Battlefield but Losing the Diplomatic War, Researcher Warns Freddy Eytan, a senior researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, warns that Israel has struggled to translate major IDF and Mossad achievements into diplomatic and public-opinion gains. Eytan argues that a lack of diplomatic strategy, political divisions and poor coordination between Israel’s security and foreign-policy systems have contributed to growing international isolation. He called for a faster and more credible public diplomacy operation, pointing to the controversy surrounding the film “NAZA” as an example of Israel failing to respond effectively and in time.

*Israel Is Winning on the Battlefield but Losing the Diplomatic War, Researcher Warns* Freddy Eytan, a senior researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, warns that Israel has struggled to translate major IDF and Mossad achievements into diplomatic and public-opinion gains. Eytan argues that a lack of diplomatic strategy, political divisions and poor coordination between Israel’s security and foreign-policy systems have contributed to growing international isolation. He called for a faster and more credible public diplomacy operation, pointing to the controversy surrounding the film “NAZA” as an example of Israel failing to respond effectively and in time.

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