Facebook At Center Of Mid East Conflict
Facebook has angered Jewish settlers by listing them as residents of "Palestine", forcing the social networking site to allow users to change themselves back to Israel. Facebook users living in Maale...
View ArticleHamas Blocks Pornographic Sites In The Gaza Strip
Hamas has ordered Palestinian telecoms to cut off access to pornographic Web sites in the Gaza Strip, a Hamas government official said. Telecommunications firm Paltel has agreed to restrict Internet...
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Israel, Palestine Take PR War To Web
On the ground, it’s bombs, bullets and blood. On the Web, it’s a war of ideas. As Al Jazeera, via Twitter, stokes sympathies and outrage over Israeli force, the Israeli government fires back with...
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Facebook Pulls “Third Palestinian Intifada” Page
Facebook pages can be used for any number of causes; naming a baby Megatron, helping a runner raise money for charity, or calling for a violent uprising against another ethnic group. Today, a page...
View ArticleCyber-Attacks Mirror Middle East Conflict
The virtual pissing contest between Arabs and Israelis raged on today. A hacker network called “group-xp” claimed responsibility for DDoS attacks on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and on El Al Israel...
View ArticleRachel Corrie Was Protecting Terrorists in a Warzone, Says Israeli Judge
An Israeli court has ruled that Israel is not responsible for the death of Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old activist who was killed while protesting the destruction of Palestinian homes in Rafah, a town in...
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Anonymous Commences #OpIsrael To Protect Internet In Gaza
If you’ve been following the news at all over the past few days, you probably know about Israel’s latest offensive against Hamas. On Wednesday, the country’s military assassinated Hamas’ military...
View ArticleStephen Hawking Boycott Sees Astrophysicist Skipping Out On Israel Conference
Stephen Hawking has joined a boycott that sees the famed astrophysicist skipping out on a conference to be hosed in Israel in June. Hawking was originally invited to speak at a conference hosted by...
View ArticleIsraeli Gangnam Style Dancing Controversy
The Scene: A club in Hebron, a Palestinian city located in the southern West Bank. The Main Players: A group of Israeli soldiers, Palestinian club-goers. The Soundtrack: Gangnam Style by Psy. Earlier...
View ArticleIsraeli Airstrikes: Three Attacks in Two Days
Israel appears to be responsible for a series of bombings over the last two days, according to separate reports by the New York Times and USA Today. The NYT article, published today, has Israeli...
View ArticleYasser Arafat: Forensics Show He May Have Been Poisoned
A report published by a team of experts from Lausanne University Hospital’s Institute of radiation now concludes that Yasser Arafat may have been poisoned. Arafat’s remains are being studied by three...
View ArticleScarlett Johansson Sodastream Ad Becomes Online Meme for Israeli-Palestinian...
Scarlett Johansson’s collaboration with Sodastream has drawn sharp criticism from those with strong opinions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and now it’s spawning political memes across the...
View ArticleScarlett Johansson Quits As Oxfam Ambassador Due To SodaStream Controversy
Due to a recent controversy that involved Scarlett Johansson and an advertisement for the company Sodastream, she is being forced to step down as the ambassador for Oxfam. Oxfam is a humanitarian...
View ArticleScarlett Johansson Defends Her Role as SodaStream Spokesperson
Back in January, Scarlett Johansson was at the center of a controversy regarding her new role as SodaStream’s first official spokesperson. Soon enough, however, public attention shifted to her current...
View ArticleMahmoud Abbas and John Kerry Talk Canceled
Secretary of State John Kerry canceled a talk planned for today with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, according to The New York Times. The meeting would have extended negotiations set to...
View ArticleJohn Kerry Regrets Calling Israel An ‘Apartheid State’
John Kerry is not an envious position. As Secretary of State, he has to help resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict without the appearance of taking sides. He did that previously when he said that...
View ArticlePope Francis Stresses Peace During Holy Land Visit
Monday wrapped up the end of an arduous, three day trip to the Holy Land for Pope Francis, only the fourth such trip by a pope since the inception of the Catholic church some 2,000 years ago. Before...
View ArticleFacebook At Center Of Mid East Conflict
Facebook has angered Jewish settlers by listing them as residents of "Palestine", forcing the social networking site to allow users to change themselves back to Israel. Facebook users living in Maale...
View ArticleHamas Blocks Pornographic Sites In The Gaza Strip
Hamas has ordered Palestinian telecoms to cut off access to pornographic Web sites in the Gaza Strip, a Hamas government official said. Telecommunications firm Paltel has agreed to restrict Internet...
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Israel, Palestine Take PR War To Web
On the ground, it’s bombs, bullets and blood. On the Web, it’s a war of ideas. As Al Jazeera, via Twitter, stokes sympathies and outrage over Israeli force, the Israeli government fires back with...
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