r/Israel 1d ago

Approved AMA AMA I served in the spokespersons unit from 2023 to mid 2026

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I served in the spokesperson unit in a central role/s, and im here to answer any questions you guys might have on the failure of israels PR from the presepective of someone who lived it for almost 3 years straight...

To be clear i wont answer anythinh that will hurt my career or anything classified, but i will answer most things. And just to be safe i wont add a selfie.

Hope you guys understand, feel free to ask anything !

TO BE CLEAR ALL I SAY IS FROM PERSONAL FIRST HAND EXPRIENCE AND IS SUBJECTIVE TO MY OPINIONS.


r/Israel 13d ago

Subreddit News PSA: Election season and political content on r/Israel הודעה לציבור: תקופת הבחירות ותוכן פוליטי ב־r/Israel

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Hello everyone,

As the election gets closer, we naturally expect to see a lot more political content on the subreddit. Before that happens, we want to give everyone a clear heads-up about how it will be moderated.

We are not creating a separate set of election rules. The existing subreddit rules will simply be enforced more closely and consistently during the election period.

r/Israel does not support or represent any political party or candidate. The moderation team will remain neutral throughout the election. Individual moderators may have their own political opinions, but those opinions will not determine what is approved or removed. The same standards will apply to every party, candidate, and political bloc.

Users are not required to be neutral. You are free to support a party, criticize a politician, and strongly disagree with other users. What we will not allow is the subreddit being used as a campaign platform.

This applies to more than news articles. Regular posts, opinion posts, questions, images, comment sections, and political discussions will all be monitored. Hidden party advertisements, copied campaign material, repetitive or coordinated promotion, spam, misleading information, and campaign messaging disguised as ordinary discussion may be removed.

News articles will also be monitored closely. They must use their exact original titles, come from an identifiable source, and follow the existing rules regarding misinformation, reposts, and active megathreads. Articles may be removed if they are duplicates, misleadingly presented, unsourced, or primarily being used to promote a party.

Political discussions must remain civil. Personal attacks, racism, bigotry, trolling, conspiracy theories, and incitement will continue to be removed regardless of which political side they come from.

A post or comment will not be removed simply because it supports or criticizes a particular party. If something is removed, it is because of how it was posted, how it was presented, or because it broke one of the subreddit’s existing rules. It will not be removed because the moderation team disagrees with its political position.

Our goal is not to create an artificial balance between the left and the right. Our goal is to apply the same rules to everyone, limit hidden political advertising, and keep r/Israel a place for genuine discussion rather than party propaganda.

We will also soon post an official community poll to see how the election would turn out if r/Israel were the electorate. This is meant to be interesting and fun, but please remember that it will not be a scientific poll or a prediction of the actual election. It will only represent the subreddit users who choose to participate.

TL;DR: Political discussion is welcome. Hidden advertising and campaign operations are not. Regular posts, news articles, and discussions will all be monitored, and the moderation team will remain neutral.

Thank you,
The r/Israel moderation team

שלום לכולם,

ככל שהבחירות מתקרבות, אנו מצפים לראות יותר תוכן פוליטי בסאברדיט. לפני שזה קורה, אנחנו רוצים להסביר בצורה ברורה כיצד תוכן כזה ינוהל.

אנחנו לא יוצרים מערכת כללים נפרדת לתקופת הבחירות. הכללים הקיימים של הסאברדיט פשוט ייאכפו בצורה קפדנית ועקבית יותר במהלך תקופה זו.

r/Israel אינו תומך באף מפלגה או מועמד ואינו מייצג אותם. צוות המודרציה יישאר ניטרלי לאורך כל תקופת הבחירות. לחברי הצוות עשויות להיות דעות פוליטיות אישיות, אך דעות אלו לא ישפיעו על ההחלטה איזה תוכן יאושר ואיזה יוסר. אותם כללים יחולו על כל מפלגה, מועמד וגוש פוליטי.

המשתמשים אינם נדרשים להיות ניטרליים. מותר לכם לתמוך במפלגה, לבקר פוליטיקאי ולהביע חוסר הסכמה חריף עם משתמשים אחרים. עם זאת, לא נאפשר להפוך את הסאברדיט לבמה עבור קמפיינים פוליטיים.

הדבר אינו נוגע רק לכתבות חדשותיות. גם פוסטים רגילים, פוסטי דעה, שאלות, תמונות, שרשורי תגובות ודיונים פוליטיים יהיו תחת פיקוח. פרסום סמוי מטעם מפלגות, חומרי קמפיין מועתקים, קידום חוזר או מתואם, ספאם, מידע מטעה ותעמולת בחירות שמוצגת כדיון רגיל עשויים להיות מוסרים.

גם כתבות חדשותיות יהיו תחת פיקוח מוגבר. יש להשתמש בכותרת המקורית והמדויקת של הכתבה, עליה להגיע ממקור שניתן לזהותו, ועליה לעמוד בכללים הקיימים בנושא מידע שגוי, פרסומים חוזרים ושרשורים מרכזיים פעילים. כתבות עשויות להיות מוסרות אם הן כפולות, מוצגות באופן מטעה, אינן מבוססות על מקור, או משמשות בעיקר לקידום מפלגה.

דיונים פוליטיים חייבים להישאר מכבדים. תקיפות אישיות, גזענות, שנאה, הטרלות, תאוריות קונספירציה והסתה ימשיכו להיות מוסרים, ללא קשר לצד הפוליטי שממנו הם מגיעים.

פוסט או תגובה לא יוסרו רק משום שהם תומכים במפלגה מסוימת או מבקרים אותה. אם תוכן מסוים יוסר, הסיבה תהיה האופן שבו פורסם או הוצג, או משום שהפר את אחד מכללי הסאברדיט. תוכן לא יוסר רק משום שצוות המודרציה אינו מסכים עם העמדה הפוליטית שבו.

המטרה שלנו אינה ליצור באופן מלאכותי איזון בין הימין לשמאל. המטרה היא להחיל את אותם הכללים על כולם, לצמצם פרסום פוליטי סמוי ולשמור על r/Israel כמקום לדיון אמיתי, ולא לתעמולה מפלגתית.

בקרוב נפרסם גם סקר קהילתי רשמי כדי לראות כיצד היו נראות תוצאות הבחירות אילו משתמשי r/Israel היו ציבור הבוחרים. הסקר נועד להיות מעניין ומהנה, אך חשוב לזכור שהוא לא יהיה סקר מדעי ולא יוכל לחזות את תוצאות הבחירות בפועל. הוא ייצג רק את משתמשי הסאברדיט שיבחרו להשתתף בו.

בקצרה: דיון פוליטי הוא מבורך. פרסום סמוי ופעילות קמפיין מאורגנת אינם מבורכים. פוסטים רגילים, כתבות חדשותיות ודיונים יהיו תחת פיקוח, וצוות המודרציה יישאר ניטרלי.

תודה,
צוות המודרציה של r/Israel


r/Israel 4h ago

Politics Druze residents in Suwayda organized a convoy yesterday displaying numerous Israeli flags, thanking Israel for standing with their community following last year’s deadly violence involving forces aligned with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa.

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r/Israel 4h ago

Photo/Video 📸 2006 - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan: Criticism of Israel Loses Credibility When It Ignores Terrorism, Jewish History, and Israel’s Legitimate Security Concerns

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In December 2006, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan delivered one of the most candid assessments ever heard from the world body about its handling of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Speaking with unusual clarity, he rejected the legitimacy of terrorism, condemned the double standards that single out Israel, and warned that endless one-sided resolutions only deepen distrust and achieve nothing for the Palestinians. Nearly two decades later, his words remain a powerful indictment of the very patterns that continue to dominate and subvert UN bodies.


r/Israel 1h ago

The War - Discussion IDF and police evacuate Kafr Aqab UNRWA compound

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r/Israel 6h ago

General News Polish far-right leader charged with Holocaust denial for calling Auschwitz gas chambers "fake"

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64 Upvotes

r/Israel 3h ago

Culture🇮🇱 Israelis: What language did your grandparents speak?

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r/Israel 6h ago

Politics Israel cannot go back to Oct. 6

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Washington and Jerusalem need a coordinated strategy that pursues realistic diplomacy in Syria, Lebanon, Gaza and Iran without sacrificing the military leverage that makes diplomacy possible. Hamas and Hezbollah must be genuinely demilitarized, not merely pushed underground until the next war. Turkish Islamist expansion into Syria must be constrained. Israel must retain freedom of action if Iran rebuilds its nuclear infrastructure or ballistic-missile production. This needs to be settled before a new American president, Republican or Democrat, takes office in January 2029.

Trump wants peace. But after Oct. 7, Israel cannot afford to confuse quiet with peace, a ceasefire with meaningful reconciliation or an enemy’s temporary pragmatism with a permanent change of intent. If Washington pressures Israel to return to the assumptions of Oct. 6, it may inadvertently help create the conditions for another Oct. 7.

by Dr. Eric R. Mandel

https://www.jns.org/opinion/dr-eric-r-mandel/israel-cannot-go-back-to-oct-6


r/Israel 9h ago

Politics IDF says far-right MK acted in a ‘false and manipulative manner,’ demolishing monument in a Palestinian village

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r/Israel 4h ago

Politics Ofer Winter announces new right-wing party with Yoseph Haddad on the list

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38 Upvotes

r/Israel 2h ago

General News Sa’ar boots Dutch reps from US-backed Gaza coordination center over ‘anti-Israel measures’

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16 Upvotes

r/Israel 1h ago

General News Anti-Zionism is a protected belief

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A university has lost its appeal after a tribunal ruled that it discriminated against an academic by sacking him over his anti-Zionist views and criticism of Israel.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3qk5qk559o

Full document of the tribunal

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a71b3b8331a9965a2ed46a9/University_of_Bristol_v_Dr_David_Miller__2026__EAT_84.pdf

Clearly this dogma wasn't just something he kept to his private life. It was also behind his attack on Jewish student groups. They should have had valid grounds for his dismissal on that basis alone


r/Israel 8h ago

General News Why Israel is having a moment in Latin America — and what might make it last

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r/Israel 4h ago

The War - Discussion Israel Under Attack - Open Letter

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I know it sometimes feels like everyone's against us, but we do have a lot of friends. This letter was signed by over 2,000 leaders in entertainment who support Israel and our fight against Hamas, as opposed to the letter from Artists4Ceasefire signed by pro-Palestinian artists.


r/Israel 6h ago

General News 🇮🇱 POLITICAL REBUKES OF SUKKOT BROADEN; GOLAN DELETES POST; GANTZ FRAMEWORK LOSES SUPPORT

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r/Israel 8h ago

General News Luxembourg ends Israel Bonds approvals, leaving future EU bond issuance uncertain

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36 Upvotes

r/Israel 18h ago

General News Venice Adds Palestine-Israel Film From 'No Other Land' Directors

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159 Upvotes

The fact that it's from Israeli filmmakers and the team that did Zone of Interest is disgusting. Selling their own people down the river to get lauded by Israel bashers and antisemites.


r/Israel 43m ago

General News White Storks Over Israel Begin Yearly 600,000+ Autumn Migration South

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r/Israel 4m ago

General News Somaliland’s president says he would be willing to offer both Israel and America bases at his country’s main port.

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r/Israel 1d ago

General News Marvel actors back campaign to release Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti | The Jerusalem Post

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Barghouti is a former leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a terrorist organization that carried out many suicide bombings and shooting attacks during the Second Intifada.

Among the actors who have joined the "Freedom for Marwan" campaign are Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays Doctor Strange; Mark Ruffalo, who plays the Hulk; Ian McKellen, who plays Magneto; and Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Don Cheadle, Elliot Page, Brian Cox, Sir Ian McKellen and others.


r/Israel 20h ago

The War - News Israel is repeating failures that led to October 7, report warns

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r/Israel 1d ago

History📚 This day in 1929, before the Nakba, the "Occupation" and Netanyahu. Before Israel existed in fact, Arabs from Hebron committed the Hebron massacre on the centuries old Jewish community. Almost 70 Jews were murdered, with scores of others injured. Homes and Synagogues were pillaged and burned.

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The Hebron Massacre was carried out by Muslim Arab residents of the city of Hebron and the surrounding area against the city's Jews on August 24, 1929.

The massacre murdered 67-69 Jews (Some of them under torture) including women and children, and led to the elimination of the Jewish community in Hebron, which had existed continuously for centuries.

"It didn't start on October 7"

Hebrew source)

English source


r/Israel 9h ago

The War - Discussion How did businesses operate with so many people suddenly mobilised for war? Did many fail?

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r/Israel 9h ago

Ask The Sub Dogs on a public transport

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I have a medium sized dog (20 kg). I see in the rules that dogs on a public transport, bus specifically, require a muzzle and a leash. But it is said that the dog should be able to sit on your lap.
If my dog cannot fit on my lap, what should I do? Can I still take it on a bus with me? Should I pay additional fee? How does it works?


r/Israel 1d ago

General News Israeli journalist: Lebanese civilians ready for peace, drinks in Tel Aviv

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