A day after the Israeli Navy clashed with pro-Palestinian activists aboard the Freedom Flotilla, en route to Gaza with supplies, debate is being sparked all over the social web. Pro-Palestinian activists and Israelis alike are turning to sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to make their opinions heard and share news, videos, images and views that aren’t necessarily being shown by the mainstream press.
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Israel is going for a more informative tactic with its coverage of the war its fighting against Hamas militants in Gaza, and its using social media as one of its main forms of increasing its transparency, reports Times Online. After receiving a great deal of flack from not doing so during the 2006 attack on Hezbollah strongholds in Southern Lebanon, Israel realized that the Internet too can be a powerful weapon.
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