A new app has thousands of well-oiled civilian users worldwide defending Israel online, and you too can lend a hand in the never-ending battle over Israel’s image.
By Reuven Weiss
In November 2012, while the IDF was fighting Operation Pillar of Defense in the Gaza Strip and residents in Tel Aviv, Rishon Lezion and Jerusalem suffered rocket fire on their city for the first time, Yarden Ben-Yosef, 29, was a second year law and government student at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC).
Act.il’s operations room – Screenshot: Act.il.
During the operation, he encountered a lot of online hostility against Israel, and felt he could no longer sit idly by. Continue Reading »
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