· February, 2012

Stories about Israel from February, 2012

Israel: The Lie, the Truth and the Meme (of the Soldier and the Girl)

  3 February 2012

A photograph of a street performance in Bahrain went viral, after it was alleged it depicted an Israeli soldier stepping on an Arab girl. In this age of media manipulation and virility, some Israelis decided the best response to a viral lie is a humorous meme, writes Carmel L. Vaisman.