Sunday, September 4, 2011

Israel's social media defender


 
 Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon speaks before a Knesset committee.


Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon speaks before a Knesset committee.








He is a vocal proponent of Israel's foreign policy and his no holds
barred approach to diplomacy has bought him many critics, but love him
or hate him, it is hard to ignore Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Danny
Ayalon.


With an extremely high-profile on the web,  Ayalon, a member of
Avigdor Liberman's Yisrael Beiteinu nationalist political party and a
former Israeli ambassador to United States , has been recognized by Foreign Policy Magazine as one of the leading politicians around the globe utilizing social media.


Whether spending his time tweeting in 3 different languages, openly voicing personal opinions on his Facebook  wall, making new friends on Google+ or posting videos and publications on his slick website , Ayalon has earned himself thousands of followers around the globe.


Ayalon's most recent and controversial social media venture is a new YouTube video 
titled "Israel Palestinian Conflict: The Truth about the West Bank" in
which he attempts to poke holes in what he says are some common
misconceptions regarding the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands and
vigorously advocates Jewish presence in them. The video has drawn some
quarter of a million views and not surprisingly has attracted a mix of
comments of condemnation and praise.

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