Netanyahu says no partner for peace, BDS defeated

Netanyahu tells Knesset panel: We have defeated the BDS movement – Barak Ravid – Haaretz 25.07.16
In first significant and open Knesset committee meeting about the Foreign Ministry and Israel’s public diplomacy since he became PM in 2009, Netanyahu says he has no intention of holding foreign minister post forever and that there is no current Palestinian partner for peace; defends private diplomatic role of his personal adviser Isaac (Yitzhak) Molho; rejects claims that settlements damage Israel's international standing; and dismisses all other concerns raised by MKs and State Comptroller.
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It's far too early - and too easy - to write off the threat of BDS – Mose Apelblat – Haaretz 20.06.16
Not only are boycotts of Israel already a reality, but the Israeli government’s response - well funded though it is - has been shoddy, uncoordinated and incoherent.

The konseptziya about Israel’s poor image in the world – Anshel Pfeffer – Haaretz 04.06.16
State comptroller forgot to ask: If public diplomacy campaign was masterful, would that make Israel’s global image much better? No amount of hasbara can change reality. While Israel should go to considerable effort to put its case to the world, not even the slickest PR operation can obscure the fact that it is holding 4 million people under military occupation. There is no way to hide, obscure or spin this fact and not even the most sympathetic and philosemitic foreign journalist can ignore it. But there is no’ BDS threat’, so stop pretending there is.

Israel's shadow diplomat: Who is Yitzhak Molcho? – Herb Kenion – The Jerusalem Post 29.07.16
A sixth-generation Jerusalemite, a private lawyer, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s closest confidant – a look at the man intricately linked with Israel’s foreign relations.