New Media in Israel

This issue covers the period 27-30 August 2017. Israeli online networks were preoccupied with a number of topics, including the Israeli High Court’s decision on infiltrators.

This week, the High Court of Israel allowed to deport African refugees to a third state if the latter agrees to receive them. Israel views African refugees as “infiltrators” into its territory. The High Court of Israel ruled that government authorities would be prohibited from detaining these refugees for more than 60 days in Israeli prisons if they refuse to be deported from the country. 

By this decision, the High Court disagreed with the government’s view, which allowed that infiltrators be detained. The High Court’s decision aroused Israeli online networks. While some opposed, others were in favour of this decision.

Protests organised by people with special needs also preoccupied Israeli online networks. Israeli people with special needs intend to proceed with their unlicensed protests and block main road junctions across the country. They seek to keep the case of raising their allowances on the agenda, either in the media or on the political stage. These protests gained the sympathy of online networks.

In addition, the present newsletter monitored the most viral videos on online networks. Unfortunately, a video posted by the Shadow, an Israeli singer and inciter, shows an Arab lady, probably a Jerusalemite, near to the Al-Malhah complex. She quarrelled with a Jewish woman, who filmed of her while she was parking her car in a parking space designated for the disabled.
In the video, the Arab lady challenges the Jewish woman, saying: “I don’t care if you’re filming me at all. You can even take footage of… ‘Here’s my underwear’” (she lowers her pants).

The video had thousands of shares and drew racist comments which insulted the Arab lady, whose identity has not been identified yet.