Media Analysts Wonder if Israel and Hamas are Allowed to Issue Death Threats on Twitter
BY Lisa Goldman | Wednesday, November 21 2012
Did official Israeli and Hamas spokespeople violate Twitter's terms of use by using the social media platform to issue threats of violence? Read More
Mapping the Gaza-Israel War
BY Lisa Goldman | Tuesday, November 20 2012
As the latest Middle East war rages on, informative interactive maps aggregate social media data from Gaza and Israel. Read More
Israel Announces Military Operation Against Gaza -- on Twitter (UPDATED)
BY Lisa Goldman | Wednesday, November 14 2012
In what is possibly a social media precedent, the Israeli army spokesperson's office (@idfspokesperson) today announced a military action against Gaza — on Twitter. Using a multi-pronged strategy, the army spokesperson's office launched a full social media assault via YouTube, Flickr, Facebook and Twitter, with the latter in English, Hebrew, Arabic, French and Spanish. No word yet on the tumblr blog, though. Read More
Israel Gets a Chief Information Officer
BY Nick Judd | Wednesday, February 15 2012
The brand-new Times of Israel reports that Israeli officials have named Carmela Avner to the post of Chief Information Officer:
The decision places Avner in charge of information systems in all government ministries — the first time that one person would be responsible for that level of government data. According to the government decision, the CIO will consult with officials of all government ministries on the ease of use, convenience, and accessibility of their sites.Read More
Barak and Barack: Obama 2012 Narrowcasting to American Jews
BY Micah L. Sifry | Friday, August 5 2011
About an hour ago I got an email from David Axelrod, senior adviser to the Obama 2012 campaign. The title: "What Barak Said About Barack." The email is a great example of narrowcasting. If you're Jewish, you probably ... Read More
The Networked Spring Reaches Israel
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, August 3 2011
Add Israel to the growing list of countries (Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Syria, Spain, Italy, England...) where a new form of network-based mass protest against the status quo has suddenly blossomed on the streets. ... Read More
Larry Klayman Wants Facebook to Pay for "Third Intifada" Page
BY Nancy Scola | Friday, April 1 2011
Larry Klayman says he's suing both Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg for more than a billion bucks for not pulling down a "Third Palestinian Intifada" page more quickly, reports TechCrunch's Robin Wauters. Wauters ... Read More
No Room on Facebook for "Third Palestinian Intifada" Page
BY Nancy Scola | Tuesday, March 29 2011
The government of Israel called on Facebook to take down a group page that called for Palestinians and allies to fight "against injustice, division, and corruption," with a nod towards resistance movements ... Read More
The Portable West Bank
BY Nancy Scola | Tuesday, September 21 2010
Wired's Spencer Ackerman profiles "Facts on the Ground," a new iPhone/iPad app from the DC-based Americans for Peace Now that plots Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Read More
Victory for Open Data Advocates in Tel Aviv
BY Nick Judd | Wednesday, July 7 2010
Open data advocates gained a victory Monday in Tel Aviv, Israel, when a district court there issued a ruling that orders the municipality to publish its budget in a machine-readable format, Movement for Freedom of ... Read More