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Israel Tries Arabic Outreach
(Wall Street Journal) Rory Jones and Nazih Osseiran - Israel is using the Arabic language to seek common ground with Tehran's enemies. With 1.2 million followers on his Arabic Facebook page and more than 181,000 on Twitter, Maj. Avichay Adraee is the face of the Israeli army's messaging campaign. For Israel, social media has become a way to engage with Arabs and reinforce a growing alignment with Sunni Muslim Arab states. In one of Adraee's most intense social-media exchanges, a fighter from Hizbullah last year tweeted a picture of himself in uniform with a message that his group was going to conquer northern Israel. Adraee responded: "If you dare, we will surprise you."