Jon Haber
ARTICLES BY: Jon Haber
Three Modes of Persuasion
If you don’t think words play much of a role in a shooting war, contrast the range of options open to Israel’s military the next time...
The Advantage of Surprise in the Battle Against BDS
While war is unforgiving to the rash and the timid, nothing is more lethal to an army than being predictable. For if the enemy knows...
Winning the BDS Wars: Foundations
Approaching the fight against BDS with a military mindset requires (1) letting goals drive our choices of strategy and tactics; (2) starting from an honest...
Using Emotion to Battle BDS
Military histories, movies and documentaries tend to focus on tangible elements of warfare: planes and missiles, columns of tanks, masses of soldiers, and their complex...
The BDS Playbook
Since this series is dedicated to how to fight the BDS propaganda element of the wider war against the Jewish state, it’s time to take...
Playing to Our Strengths Against BDS
In reviewing the strengths and weaknesses of the opposing sides in the war against Israel, including the BDS propaganda component of that war, it turns...
Israel’s Odds and Lessons From Napoleon’s Enemies
It’s likely that many people reading this series are wondering when we’ll start talking about “doing something,” rather than just pondering our situation vis-à-vis how...
Fighting a Siege War
Once you start thinking about the war Israel and its supporters find themselves in as a drawn-out siege (as I've argued before), rather than a...
The Neverending Siege
In almost any discussion of how to deal with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel, a subject that inevitably comes up is...
The Many Fields of Battle
Given public fascination with epic battles such as those at Austerlitz and Stalingrad, where generals tested their strategies and soldiers their courage in the heat...
In the Fight Against BDS, Who Are We?
As tough as it is during any conflict to understand clearly the goals, strategy and tactics of an opponent, it is much harder to perform...
Understanding the Enemy on the BDS Battlefield
Of all human endeavors, war is least forgiving of wishful thinking and ambiguity. That is precisely why it is vital to judge opponents not by...
Using the Language of War Makes Battling BDS Clearer
Complex and contradictory language surrounds our conversations regarding the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and how to stop it. “Delegitimization,” “antisemitism,” “hypocrisy” and “misguided”...
