Israel takes war message online

[Sudhakar]

Israel takes war message online
Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:44:42 +0530

Jan 13 - Israel is becoming increasingly tech-savvy, taking its war message to the

blogosphere, using live webcams, social networking sites and YouTube, to

explain its assault on Gaza.

Israel, which has fought six wars since its creation in 1948, often

worries that it doesn't do a good enough job of communicating its motives to critics and skeptics around the globe.

So using everything from YouTube to Twitter

and Facebook, Israeli diplomats and lobby groups have flooded the airwaves and the Internet with Israel's position.

Israel feels that so far it has largely been successful in its

campaign, after 18 days of conflict that has killed more than 900 Palestinians

and left 13 Israelis dead.

http://www.reuters.com/resources/flash/include_video.swf?edition=IN&videoId=97005

(SOUNDBITE) (English) MICHAEL DICKSON, DIRECTOR OF "STAND WITH US,

INTERNATIONAL"

(SOUNDBITE) (English) YIGAL PALMOR, DIRECTOR OF THE ISRAELI FOREIGN

MINISTRY PRESS DEPARTMENT