Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is opening up a discussion between himself and the Arab “internet generation”, hoping to start an Israeli-Arab dialogue on YouTube.
Israeli PM Netanyahu Invites Arabs To Start A Dialogue With Him On YouTube
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Launch a social media campaign that will build your brand and deliver results in our online Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting June 7. Speakers include Abigail Cusick (Bravo Digital), Gregory Galant (Sawhorse Media), Alex Leo (Thomson Reuters Digital), Jim Tobin (Ignite Social Media), and many more. Read the reviews. Israel Ranks Highest for Time Spent on Social Networking Sites
Israelis spent an average of about 11 hours a month surfing social networking sites on the internet, becoming the top ranking country in April.
PEJ: Bloggers, Facebook, Twitter Favor Israel in 1967 Borders Discussion
President Barack Obama’s address about the Middle East May 19, in which he suggested that Israel and Palestine revert to their 1967 borders, drew strong reaction on blogs, Twitter, and Facebook, most of it pro-Israel, according to a special edition of the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism’s New Media Index for the week of May 16-20.
Israeli Couple Names Their Baby Girl “Like”
Back in February, the world raised an eyebrow as Egyptian Jamal Ibrahim named his newborn daughter “Facebook”, as a tribute to the role Facebook played in the revolution in Egypt. Now, Israeli couple Lior and Vardit Adler have jumped on the Facebook-inspired baby names bandwagon, naming their baby “Like”.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Set for Live YouTube Interview
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will answer questions submitted by YouTube users in a live interview Wednesday, March 23, in a joint effort by YouTube World View and Israel’s Channel 2 News.
Questions must be submitted by midnight GMT Monday, March 21, and they can be in English or Hebrew. They can also be submitted via Twitter by using the #askNetanyahu hashtag.
Israeli Couple Invites Mark Zuckerberg To Their Wedding [Video]
Hey Mark Zuckerberg! Nimrod Fridberg and Shikma Sharon are getting married this March in Tel Aviv and they want YOU to be at their wedding!
The 10 Biggest Acquisitions Of Israeli Companies This Year
There’s been a great deal of buzz lately about companies coming out of Israel being acquired by giant corporations such as Google (acquired Quiksee) and AOL (acquired 5min). What might surprise you is that many other Israeli companies have been bought and haven’t hit the popular headlines perhaps because they weren’t bought by glamorous and famous companies such as Google and AOL. In the past year, companies have been snatched up from this tiny country by lesser known corporations from countries around the world like China and Russia.
Here are the ten biggest acquisitions of Israeli companies this year.
Gaza Flotilla Sparks Social Media Debate
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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Social Media Takes Center Stage in Gaza War
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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