Ilan Berman is senior vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council. He sits on the boards of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks.

If the Gaza war taught us anything, it is that information truly is power. The ability to shape perceptions, to win “hearts and minds,” and to define the terms of national (and international) debate is as important as battlefield success. That’s why the militants of Hamas, while losing on the battlefield against Israel’s superior military capabilities, managed so adroitly to capture and manipulate the public discourse surrounding the conflict.

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