Evening Edition: Social Media Provoking More Division In Middle East

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 19 May 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

The fight between Israelis and Palestinians has begun to dominate social media sites and the posts involved could be said to be agitating some of the violence. Outside of military operations and rocket attacks, in Jerusalem both Israelis and Arabs clash with police and each other and synagogues in Utah and Illinois have been vandalized. FOX's Eben Brown speaks with Hen Mazzig, Israeli writer, activist and social media influencer, about the impact of misinformation and misleading facts about the current situation in Israel and Gaza. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.7	Kennedy and this is the Fox News rundown. Wednesday, May 19th, 2021, I'm Eben Brown.
0:39.8	As Hamas in Gaza keeps up its war against Israel, Jews are finding themselves targeted online and on the streets and often by some very famous people.
0:50.0	If there's one form of hatred that you can't be canceled for is under
0:54.4	Semitism. This is the Fox News rundown evening edition.
1:08.3	Hamas has yet to cease firing rockets into Israel and that means Israel will not stop returning fire. As this very physical war continues there is a second war, a cyber war playing out between people
1:16.2	all over the world, over whether Israel is defending itself or is the aggressor, and it's gotten ugly on Twitter and
1:24.8	Instagram and other online spaces. There are videos online just today of people
1:29.7	demanding Jews identify themselves outside a Los Angeles sushi restaurant. and
1:35.0	the landing Jews identify themselves outside a Los Angeles sushi restaurant and then they are attacked.
1:37.0	These are not isolated incidents.
1:40.0	I was just on the phone with a friend of mine from Israel that he said that he was so excited to travel after COVID was over and after this round of violence he said that and seeing everything that is happening online
1:54.9	He said that he will be quite afraid to to go travel again
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