Israel Launches NIS 60 million Social Media Slush Fund -

[C. Flower]

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/business/foreign-ministry-pr-to-focus-on-social-media-1.308899

Haaretz is reporting that the Israeli Government (Foreign Ministry) is alllocating NIS 60 million
to schmoozing the Social Media.

Is this an acknowledgement that they have been losing the Social Media war? and social media has been important in exposing and publicising the illegal and inhumane actions of the Government?


The campaign will focus on hosting figures the ministry has identified as having significant influence on public opinion. The first step in that effort was seen in ministry involvement in coordinating Arianna Huffington's visit to Israel. She is the co-founder of the prominent Huffington Post political blog.

The ministry says it will work to cover the visits of many other opinion makers next year. The focus will be on people involved in lifestyle issues, culture and art, as well as leaders of specific population segments such as the gay community.

The Foreign Ministry also plans to fund activities already underway online. For example the site "I am Israel," which features video clips and articles about the average Israeli. The project, part of an effort to change the world conception of Israelis, was initiated by individual Israelis. While the ministry is not currently involved in this site, in the future it intends to fund such pro

[antiestablishmentarian]

Expect to see pro-Israeli shill accounts on places like YouTube, political fora (possibly even on here, we've had them before) and other social media outlets increasing in number too.

[Kid Ryder]

Does everybody in Outremer (call it by its old, real name!) work in either the army of occupation or the hasbara?

Does anybody there have a real job?

[People Korps]

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/business/foreign-ministry-pr-to-focus-on-social-media-1.308899

Haaretz is reporting that the Israeli Government (Foreign Ministry) is alllocating NIS 60 million
to schmoozing the Social Media.

Is this an acknowledgement that they have been losing the Social Media war? and social media has been important in exposing and publicising the illegal and inhumane actions of the Government?

What's a NIS I thought they used American money :)

[TotalMayhem]

What's a NIS I thought they used American money :)

that'd be around 16 million in American money.

[C. Flower]

If you see the Sibín being done up you will know what has happened.:cool:

[People Korps]

Can we qualify for a few new seats in the bar and a laser disc player? 16 million American is hardly thread worthy, we owe more than that every few seconds ourselves and we've no nuclear bomb. A $ is about 3.75 NIS. they are not worth much.

[Kid Ryder]

Can we qualify for a few new seats in the bar and a laser disc player? 16 million American is hardly thread worthy, we owe more than that every few seconds ourselves and we've no nuclear bomb.

See now what bad value we get from our government?;)

[C. Flower]

Can we qualify for a few new seats in the bar and a laser disc player? 16 million American is hardly thread worthy, we owe more than that every few seconds ourselves and we've no nuclear bomb.

A lot of bar cushions.

If we were to have bank threads in proportion to our national debt, I'd have to extend the forum.

[People Korps]

See now what bad value we get from our government?;)

Yes we could be threatening our neighbours with nuclear annihilation as a bargaining ploy. Buy Irish or else.
Someone could come up with a nice logo for that , small nuclear cloud arising from the hole in the "g" that the "i" made in the Guaranteed Irish logo.

[Kid Ryder]

Yes we could be threatening our neighbours with nuclear annihilation as a bargaining ploy. Buy Irish or else.
Someone could come up with a nice logo for that , small nuclear cloud arising from the hole in the "g" that the "i" made in the Guaranteed Irish logo.

The Fenian Bomb - worthy even of a folk song (rebels don't do nukes).;)

[TotalMayhem]

we owe more than that every few seconds ourselves and we've no nuclear bomb.

Ain't that the sad truth? If we'd only taken Anglo out of the equation (i.e. let it gone bust), we could have bailed out ALL other 'distressed institutions' and still have more money than the Americans spent on the Manhattan Project (more than $20Bn in today's money).

[People Korps]

Every wants a Nuke maybe that will turn the economy around :rolleyes:

[People Korps]

Now lets get back to the serious business at hand that our overworked Op writer failed to illuminate (ah ytou did post the quote but did not highlight the significance)
the Israeli Foreign Ministry is hoping to use social media to brand Israel , no doubt the faux peace talks have something to do with this.The actual amount pledged is 100 million NIS aka c $26,666,666 USA
However note who is benefiting first
The first step in that effort was seen in ministry involvement in coordinating Arianna Huffington's visit to Israel. She is the co-founder of the prominent Huffington Post political blog.


Yes that Huffington post that pollute our universe of political backstabbing and redemption.
NOt only that Israel is going to import prominent gays (Perez Hilton perhaps?) and other social networking celebrities while also promoting the Israeli way of life through the voices of "ordinary" Israleis2 Will we see their compulsory boot camp military training?

The ministry says it will work to cover the visits of many other opinion makers next year. The focus will be on people involved in lifestyle issues, culture and art, as well as leaders of specific population segments such as the gay community.

The Foreign Ministry also plans to fund activities already underway online. For example the site "I am Israel," which features video clips and articles about the average Israeli.

Thoughts?

"I am Israel,"
http://kiaoragaza.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/israeli_bombs_over_gaza1.jpg?w=400&h=300

I am Gaza

http://www.arabnewsblog.net/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/7de44_gaza22_114681a.jpg

[TotalMayhem]

The ministry says it will work to cover the visits of many other opinion makers next year.


Thoughts?

A Samuel Goldwyn quote comes to mind: "If I want your opinion, I'll give it to you"

[People Korps]

Can we pitch for the ad campaign the slogans being "I am Israel,"? and the "I am Gaza" perhaps this thread could be put to good use a balanced poster campaign.

[People Korps]

I have called on Huffington Post to launch the I am Gaza campaign
http://peoplekorps.blogspot.com/2010/09/that-may-be-israel-but-i-am-gaza.html

[Captain Con O'Sullivan]

Lapsed methodist may be pleased at the prospect of a pay rise.

[People Korps]

Israel pay porn site owner thousands for twitter account @Israel
http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/porn-site-owner-sold-twitter-user-name-to-israel-for-thousands-2338777.html

[Captain Con O'Sullivan]

The Israelis refer to social media and the internet generally as the 'third battlefield'. They had an operation run and coordinated by embassy staff in most western countries around the last attack on Gaza ... you coud pretty much see the increase in pro-Israel traffic across forums, blogs and websites.

Strange when they could have just asked Moses to part the Red Sea as a show of support.

Maybe their deity-connection is timed out.

[People Korps]

Dont think they would trust Moses. He might led the Palestinians out of captivity

[Captain Con O'Sullivan]

He would be immediately be condemned as a 'self-hating jew'.

[5intheface]

The Fenian Bomb - worthy even of a folk song (rebels don't do nukes).;)

800 years of famine and bloodshed
Our beautiful Island defiled
But the tyrant will shift
When he gets a whiff
Of our short range ballistic missile.

(Work in progress)

[Lapsedmethodist]

Israel pay porn site owner thousands for twitter account @Israel
http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/porn-site-owner-sold-twitter-user-name-to-israel-for-thousands-2338777.html





It has been largely dormant in recent months until the “feed” started becoming subjected to a barrage of anti-Semitic comments from users who thought it belonged to the Israeli government.

Well I never ! Imagine calling highly principled anti-Zionists anti-Semitic ! Some people !

[Captain Con O'Sullivan]

You are in a good mood LM. Had a pay rise?

[Lapsedmethodist]

You are in a good mood LM. Had a pay rise?

The Zionist paycheck ? Late this month!:D

[Captain Con O'Sullivan]

Late every month I should imagine ...

[People Korps]

Well I never ! Imagine calling highly principled anti-Zionists anti-Semitic ! Some people !

I only report and I never tweeted @Israel just wish I had registered it myself

[Lapsedmethodist]

I only report and I never tweeted @Israel just wish I had registered it myself

I only quoted from the Indo article.

[People Korps]

I only quoted from the Indo article.

I know :) but to those less literate or to those who scan the thread and not read the Indo, it appeared under a quote from me.