Social media in israel

Pete Hegseth just became Israel’s latest war-celebrity obsession

Until February 28, most Israelis had barely heard of him. Ten days later, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is one of the most prominent figures on Hebrew media, Instagram, and X.

US War Secretary Pete Hegseth takes questions during a press conference on US military action in Iran, at the Pentagon in Washington, DC.
Israeli security personnel secure the scene following an incident in Jerusalem, October 30, 2023

Police arrest Tel Aviv resident for plotting to assassinate scientist for Iran

 tiktok The avatar is on the way

Israeli gov’t spends NIS 27m. on pro-Israel content on social media; most gets taken down

 Students at Hebrew University in Jerusalem attend a rally in support of the IDF and the defense and security of Israel, as well as protest against a Hebrew U professor who had created a petition against Israel and minimized and denied the horrors of the October 7 massacre by Hamas. March 17, 2024.

The digital battleground of social media: Embracing cyber advocacy for Israel’s defense - opinion


Monica Lewinsky tackles cyber hate in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

In the era of social media the landscape of human dialogue has changed, Lewinsky told the audience at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.

Monica Lewinsky

MEDIA COMMENT: Pluralism? It depends

A different mantra, pushed by our capitalist society, is the need for competition and the reduction of government involvement in the operations of private companies.

Bayit Yehudi leader Naftali Bennett (R) welcomes veteran television news anchor Yinon Magal

Media Comment: The darker side of media bias

The media’s fulcrum is still way off-center, and the results of its framing and agenda-setting capabilities are overwhelmingly left-leaning.

Is Israel winning the social media war?

Le terrorisme à l'heure d'Internet

Encore une fois, il a suffi d’appuyer sur le bouton al-Aqsa pour enflammer les réseaux sociaux. Et réveiller les pires démons. Décryptage d’une vague de terreur d’un genre nouveau

Propagande sur les réseaux sociaux

Heroism and the upside of social media

Never before has there been such graphically detailed accounts of shocking events so readily available for all to see.

Scene of stabbing attack near Jerusalem Central Bus Station

Social What?

Social media has now established itself as perhaps the best way to receive up-to-date news as soon as it’s released.

Computer keyboard [illustrative].

Facebook profiles touting hateful names will be removed

Edelstein: adding "Death to Arabs" and "Death to Jews" to Facebook names is incitement

Facebook

IDF worries over troops' use of social media

WhatsApp messaging about the Gaza war last July and August was the challenge to operational security that prompted the most discussion in meetings.

Social media apps Twitter and Facebook [Illustrative]

Facebook ‘likes’ Israeli elections for first time with ‘I voted’ button

Could Facebook’s new feature turn the election?

Facebook debuts 'I voted' button in Israel's elections, March 17, 2015.

ISIS version of Facebook gets off to rocky start

The amateur page showed a map of the world dotted with Islamic State's trademark Arabic insignia and was crafted by Socialkit, a program that lets users produce do-it-yourself social networks.

Smoke raises behind an Islamic State flag in Iraq