Hearts and Minds

Uses Israel's public diplomacy efforts during the second intifada (2000–2005) as a prime example of interactions between state security, diplomacy, and the media. Small-scale wars, terrorism, and guerilla warfare, each characterized by low-intensity violence are the new global reality in the twenty-first century. States in general, and liberal democratic states in particular, are compelled to develop a new operational approach to deal with these phenomena. At the same time the world of diplomacy