Israel is well known for both developing and buying some of the most advanced military tech in existence. Now, arms of the nation's government have begun using two of the tech community's favorite social media sites in order to explain and defend its recent actions.
These developments are slightly mind-boggling. First, check out a day-old Then there's the Israeli Consulate's new
Neither outreach effort is likely to hurt Israel's reputation; openness is hard to criticize. IDF Foreign Press Branch head Major Avital Leibovich also explained the moves to the
Still, whether a country's intentions can be successfully communicated by short, grainy videos and 140-character messages remains to be seen. And it's possible that even these attempts will be limited; presumably due to their violent content, YouTube has already pulled at least two videos the IDF Spokesperson's Unit posted.
Israeli Army Using YouTube
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