Posts Tagged: Israel Social Media
Top 7 Dumbest Things Said About Israel Lately
The team at HonestReporting has scoured the Internet to bring you some of the dumbest things people have said about Israel in the last two...
‘Absolute Lies’: Israeli Minister Denounces New York Times Article
Israel's minister of diaspora affairs and combating antisemitism, Amichai Chikli, has denounced a New York Times article that falsely accused the Israeli government of a...
Free Speech Is Being Threatened — and Jews Will Pay the Price
In my youth, I always regarded free, reasoned, civilized speech to be one of the most important and positive features of Western societies. My education...
Online Anti-Israel Bias Has Real-World Antisemitic Consequences
Social media platforms are undoubtedly a safe space where anti-Israel activists can propagate antisemitic opinions and falsified facts about Israel, with little to no consequences....
It’s Time for Israel to Fight Harder on Social Media
In order to help secure the future of Israel, the IDF must sway young audiences on social media to see Israel’s side in a conflict...
It’s Not the Antisemitism Your Grandparents Warned You About
Hebron, Ramallah, and eastern Jerusalem are tough neighborhoods. I know, because I served there as a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). I was...
Israel Considering Laws to Hold Social Media Giants Liable for Incitement By Users
A team of experts working for the Israeli Ministry of Communications is considering new laws that would hold social media companies liable for incitement posted...
Changing the Focus of Israel Advocacy
In recent years, Israel has fared poorly in the court of public opinion. Palestinian advocates have engaged in a well-organized offensive campaign of disinformation, while...
Amnesty Urges Israel to Take Action Against Firm Linked to WhatsApp Breach
Amnesty International called on Thursday for Israel's government to ensure that an Israeli company, whose spyware has been linked to a WhatsApp breach that may have targeted...
Facebook Removes 265 ‘Fake Accounts’ Linked to Israel
Facebook said on Thursday it had removed 265 Facebook and Instagram accounts, pages, groups and events linked to Israel due to what it called "inauthentic behavior" targeting...
For Israel, Switching the Fax Machine for Facebook Doesn’t Count as Diplomatic Innovation
Whether as a “light unto the nations” or the “start-up nation,” Israelis have long identified themselves as leaders -- a globally-shared perception when it comes...
Heroism and the Upside of Social Media
For the past few weeks, young Palestinians and Israeli Arabs have been conducting a contagious campaign of terror, disseminated on Facebook and Twitter. Reports of...
Israel and Viral Videos
Israel's critics in the news media and the punditry are up in arms about a video that supposedly shows an Israeli policeman shooting a young...
Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer Takes to Social Media to Defend Israel
Times of Israel - As a brief humanitarian ceasefire came to an end in Israel on Thursday, Israel's Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer...
