JPost Top Five most-read stories: 1. PM on Eilat rocket: We can never stop fighting terror2. 'Forbes Israel' ranks world's wealthiest Jews3. Iran slams BBC over film about Israel relations4. Dagan: Israel should trust Obama to stop Iranian nukes5. Ahmadinejad: World pressure can't deter IranJPost Top Five most-active threads: 1. Peres downplays US statement on Pollard2. Report: Obama could accept Iran civilian nuclear program3. Dagan: Israel should trust Obama to stop Iranian nukes4. PM on Eilat rocket: We can never stop fighting terror5. PM slams author Grass for 'ignorant' Israel slursThe Grass story was also less popular on Facebook, where for a second week running the top post on the new JPost timeline was a photo from Jerusalem Post photographer Marc Israel Sellem. Here also, posts on diplomatic and security issues flooded the Top 5 list.JPost Top Five most-popular Facebook posts: 1. Picture of the day: Making matzot in Jerusalem 2. Egypt launches operation to gain control of Sinai 3. Netanyahu lays down three demands for Iran talks 4. Dagan: Israel should trust Obama to stop Iranian nukes 5. Mofaz: Netanyahu, Barak are enslaving Israelis Zooming out to regional news as the deadline ticked over on a UN-brokered cease-fire in Syria, 15% of Americans were following the international efforts “very closely,” according to the Pew Research Center’s News Interest Index, while 3% of the news hole covered the story. By way of comparison, 33% were most interested in the shooting death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, though the largest portion of the news hole (22%) was devoted to coverage of US Presidential campaigns.And to wrap up, the average Israeli by numbers, according to lifestyle figures from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released this week. The average Israeli:- Works 2,000 hours per year, or 43 hours per week- Is online 32.1 hours a month- Watches 232 minutes of television a day- Watches three movies at the cinema a year- Sleeps 6.5 hours a nightFrom news sites to blogs, tweets to videos, The Numbers Crunch is a weekly column which zooms out and brings you the big picture online, from Israel, the Middle East and around the world, and poll results from JPost.com.
The writer is the Internet desk manager at The Jerusalem Post