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The Jerusalem Post gets Dr Andre Oboler’s analysis on the Jewish Internet Defense Force’s Facebook campaign
Stephanie Rubenstein, Jewish Internet Defense Force ‘seizes control’ of anti-Israel Facebook group, Jerusalem Post, Jul. 29, 2008 The Jewish Internet Defense Force, a group that claims to have 5,000 members worldwide, says it is steadily removing members from a viciously anti-Israel and anti-Semitic group on Facebook, having taken control of the group on Sunday. “Facebook […]
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Andre Oboler interviewed on the ZOA Middle East report on WNWR – New World Radio, Philadelphia
In this radio interview, WNWR’s ZOA Philly Middle East Report interviews Dr Andre Oboler and the JIDF’s David Appletree on Google Earth, Facebook and YouTube. Broadcast on WNWR, July 9th 2008
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Jerusalem Post get’s Dr Oboler’s analysis on the Google Earth ‘Nakba’ dots
Stephanie Rubenstein, Google Earth highlights the ‘Nakba’, Jerusalem Post, July 2nd 2008 Anti-Israel activity on the Google Earth application has been stepped up this week, with the message “Nakba – The Palestinian Catastrophe” now appearing when users scroll over the orange dots that speckle locations across the entire map of Israel. Google spokesperson Jessica Powell […]
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The Jerusalem Report cover feature on the “Web of Hatred”, including analysis from Dr Oboler
Ziv Hellman, http :// Web of Hatred, Jerusalem Report, Jun. 18, 2008 (cover feature) How pervasive is hatred on the web – and what can be done to combat it? The Website bills itself as “the Internet’s largest scholarly collection of articles on Zionist history.” A seemingly endless list of topics includes “the genocidal plans […]
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Andre Oboler’s article, “Let’s not give away all our secrets on the Web” from the Jerusalem Post
Andre Oboler, Let’s not give away all our secrets on the Web, Jerusalem Post, April 24th 2008 The front-page article The Jerusalem Post headlined “Classified IDF information open to the world on Facebook” (April 13) highlighted the growing problem of sensitive military information leaking into the public domain through social networking sites. The ability to […]
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The UK’s Jewish Chronicle reports on Facebook wars with analysis from Dr Andre Oboler
Dana Gloger, Facebook groups at war over Israel, The Jewish Chronicle, March 13 2008 A group whose shared interest is a belief that “Israel is not a country” has attracted almost 38,000 members on social-networking website Facebook. The group claims that “criticism of illegitimate apartheid ‘Israel’, which has no right to exist, cannot be regarded […]
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Facebook Antisemitism 2.0: The “Israel is not a Country” Group
The Israel is not a Country Facebook Group The “Israel is not a country” group was an antisemitic group on Facebook between 2007 and 2008. The group was brought to the attention of experts, policy makers and the public, when Dr Oboler used it to explain the emerging threat of antisemitism 2.0. The “not a […]
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Andre Oboler’s article “Facing up to the ‘Facebook’ dilemma” in the Jerusalem Post
Andre Oboler, Facing up to the ‘Facebook’ dilemma, Jerusalem Post, Feb 5 2008 Eighty-three-year-old President Shimon Peres recently urged young people to fight anti-Semitism using Facebook. Social Affairs Minister Isaac Herzog met with delegates to the World Union of Jewish Students in the Knesset last week and told us to employ technology to combat Jew-hatred. […]