A weekly newsletter monitoring key issues in the new media of Israel 6-9 December 2017

New Media Weekly Bulletin

This issue covers the period 6-9 December 2017. Having immensely preoccupied Israeli social media networks, it focuses on Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. On his Facebook page, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talked about the declaration, stating:

“There are great moments in Zionist history: the Balfour Declaration, the state’s establishment, the liberation of Jerusalem and yesterday  Trump’s declaration”