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Meta’s clampdown on Palestine speech is far from ‘unintentional’
A report on the social media giant validated Palestinian experiences of censorship in May 2021, but missed how those policies are biased by design.
By
Marwa Fatafta
October 9, 2022
Israel indicts Palestinian journalist over ‘incitement’ in Facebook posts
Lama Ghosheh is currently under house arrest after becoming the latest casualty of Israel's anti-incitement laws targeting Palestinians.
By
Oren Ziv
September 13, 2022
Who gets to speak out against their occupier on social media?
Social media giants are taking action to protect Ukrainians' free speech as they resist a military occupation. Why aren't they doing the same for Palestinians?
By
Mona Shtaya
March 22, 2022
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Following wave of protests, Israel arrests scores of Arab activists, minors
Hundreds of Arab citizens of Israel have been detained in recent weeks, including dozens of minors. Abusive interrogations and preemptive arrests suggest that many of the tactics of occupation have crossed the Green Line. By Hagar Sheizaf (Translated by Ofer Neiman) The murder of Muhammed Abu Khdeir and the military onslaught in Gaza have brought about…
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July 22, 2014
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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July 17, 2014
Palestinian activist given house arrest for a Facebook status
In the latest case of Israeli police detaining Palestinian activists for social media activity, a Lod man is placed under house arrest and has equipment confiscated for openly opposing the enlistment of Christian Arabs on his Facebook page. Israel Police placed Lod resident and Palestinian citizen of Israel Ghassan Munair, 44, under house arrest this…
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Edo Konrad
April 29, 2014
Time to uphold the law on racism and hate speech in Israel
Scores of racist commenters rejoice at the sight of a news item about the tragic death of four young girls in the Hebron area. So why doesn’t anyone do anything about it? By Tomer Zeigerman This past Thursday, Israel’s Channel 2 News posted on a news item on its Facebook page about a tragedy…
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October 18, 2013
Israeli police lock up Haifa activist for Facebook statuses
Police detained and held Razi Nabulsi, a young Palestinian from Haifa for a week for statuses he posted to Facebook and Twitter, claiming they constituted incitement. The catch? Even though the statuses were posted publicly on the Internet, police declared them to be secret evidence and refused to publicly say in court what he was…
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October 17, 2013
IDF soldier passes IDs of Jewish girls who socialize with Arabs to anti-assimilation NGO
A female IDF soldier who is often stationed at checkpoints is apparently very disturbed by the fact that some Jews and Palestinians actually hang out. The soldier turned anonymously (on Facebook) to Yad La’achim a religious organization whose mandate is to “save Jews from assimilation,” in the hopes they can help her prevent this from happening…
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Mairav Zonszein
September 25, 2013
New Knesset member visits a friend in Ramallah: ‘This is not normal’
Adi Koll, a relatively unknown Knesset member from Yair Lapid’s centrist Yesh Atid party, posted this picture along with an uncharacteristically long and emotional status on Facebook, the day after she paid a visit to the home of a Palestinian friend in Ramallah. (Translated in full below) Warning! This post will be long, controversial and…
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Noam Sheizaf
April 21, 2013
‘Prisoner X’: Censorship and gag orders in the age of new media
The ‘Prisoner X’ affair was sensitive enough for Israel to use all of its censorship tools at once: the military censor, gag orders and the ‘editors committee.’ But was the effort by the Prime Minister’s Office entirely about national security, or did it have to do with protecting those responsible for the mess? And what should…
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Noam Sheizaf
February 13, 2013
Contestant boasts about grabbing Jennifer Lopez’s buttocks on Israel’s ‘The Voice’
It’s one thing to have a cold relationship between Netanyahu and Obama, but I really don’t think Israel should get on J-Lo’s bad side. Unfortunately, this might happen. A few weeks ago I watched the third episode of the Israeli version of “The Voice” featuring a contestant from Los Angeles, an Israeli called Michael Alhadif,…
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Ami Kaufman
January 14, 2013
Israelis give their votes to Palestinians in Facebook campaign
In an act of protest one can only find in the world of social media, activists open a Facebook page where Israelis are urged to ‘hand over’ their voting rights to Palestinians. Every once in a while, social media shows you what an amazing tool it can be. On December 26, 2012, a new Facebook…
By
Ami Kaufman
January 3, 2013
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