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Social media giants feel the heat at Palestinian digital conference
At the Palestine Digital Activism Forum, representatives from both Google and Facebook faced a crowd that demanded to know why the two companies cooperate with Israel’s attempts at silencing Palestinians. Not long after the Arab Spring began, social media companies rushed to embrace the popular narrative that their platforms had the potential to change societies and reform…
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Joshua Leifer
January 18, 2018
Attacked by a soldier? Don’t expect to hear from the police
A Palestinian resident of Hebron is attacked for trying to protect a child from settler violence. It turns out his attackers were aided by an IDF soldier. By Yossi Gurvitz, for Yesh Din Sometimes you run into stories that encapsulate the entirety of the injustice of the occupation. All too often those stories come from…
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+972 Magazine
July 3, 2016
Propaganda wars: Searching for a narrative in Operation Protective Edge
No amount of Tweeting, tagging, posting or liking will save Gazans from an Israeli ground invasion. So why bother? By Corey Sherman Recent political upheavals in the Middle East tend to have a social media subplot, whether it’s how savvy youth use it to subvert harsh authority, or how states manipulate access to it so…
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+972 Magazine
July 17, 2014
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Riches to rags to virtual riches: When Mizrahi artists said ‘no’ to Israel’s pioneer culture
Upon their arrival in Israel, Mizrahi Jews found themselves under a regime that demanded obedience, even in cultural matters. All were required to conform to an idealized pioneer figure who sang classical, militaristic ‘Hebrew’ songs. That is, before the ‘Kasetot’ era propelled Mizrahi artists into the spotlight, paving the way for today’s musical stars. Part two of…
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Haokets
December 14, 2013
PM Netanyahu’s Christmas message: We are better than the Arabs (WATCH)
We now open our Christmas celebrations with the traditional Islamophobic message from the Prime Minister’s Office: While Prime Minister Netanyahu is using the holiday to present his tea-party talking points against anything Muslim, it’s a good time to remember that roughly 200,000 more than 170,000 Palestinian Christians are living under Israeli occupation in the West Bank, without proper political representation, freedom of…
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Noam Sheizaf
December 24, 2012
Huntsman youtube attack ad may have been manipulation
A youtube advert that appears to question Republican Presidential hopeful John Huntsman’s “American Values” has caused quite a splash … and confusion. In the ad, Huntsman, the former US Ambassador to China (and notably, a Republican appointed by Democratic President Barack Obama for the job), speaks Chinese. His face is super-imposed on an image of Chairman…
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Roee Ruttenberg
January 7, 2012
Best J14 animation ever: “The Israel Machine”
There have been many inspiring or funny J14 videos posted in recent weeks, but this one is by far the best, getting all the important issues–from militarism through the deportation of migrant workers and refugees to the Separation Wall–wrapped to one and a half minutes. Watch it with sound: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVP_-9eC43A&[/youtube] The characters at the top…
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Noam Sheizaf
September 2, 2011
Racist “IDF recruit” video exposed as a hoax
A video of a gun-wielding IDF soldier swearing he would disobey orders not to shoot Palestinians and Sudanese created a stir in the Israeli blogosphere. The video turns out to be a hoax – but it still teaches us something of how such attitudes are perceived by local audiences. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu26JiIUbSY[/youtube] Over the weekend, a short…
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Yossi Gurvitz
June 20, 2011
Holocaust museum seeks YouTube viewers in Iran
Today Holocaust museum Yad Vashem launched its Farsi-language YouTube channel How do you say “Holocaust” in Farsi? You and I may not know, but the world’s largest center dedicated to preserving the memory of Europe’s murdered Jews is hoping millions of Iranians will soon find out – or at least, will learn it in a…
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Roee Ruttenberg
January 23, 2011
IDF humiliation clip: Eden Abergil, the musical
One thing you can’t say about our army is that it ever rests on its laurels. Having first rattled its fans with the Hebron dancing video, and then rocked them with a soldier girl’s posing with Palestinian prisoners bound to accompany her on “the best time of her life,” the boys in green now introduce…
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Dimi Reider
October 5, 2010
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