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IDF Spokesperson Building New Media Branch


(Israel Defense Forces) Rotem Caro Weizman - IDF Spokesperson Brig. Gen. Avi Benayahu told the Herzliya Conference that "the IDF is at the head of technology having a blog, blogger briefings, a twitter account, IDF English Website and soon a site in French and we are working on a Facebook page and other blogs." Lt. Aliza Landes, head of the New Media desk at the IDF Spokesperson Unit, said, "The entire field of new media is about the democratization of information, making it available to as many people as possible. And we try to take dry information and make it more palatable, more accessible and visually stimulating," citing the unit's YouTube channel.
2011-02-11 00:00:00
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