Cybersecurity
Israel Developing Tools to Fight on Social Media Battlefront
- Anti-Israel Internet posts bent on delegitimization: Minister
- National organization needed to counter threat: Cyber expert
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Iran’s nuclear program and the possibility of another war with Hezbollah are high on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s agenda for this week’s visit to Washington. Out of the limelight, but still of great concern to Israeli policy makers, is the broadening battle the Jewish state faces in cyberspace.
“Israel is in the midst of a cognitive war, which is part of a new strategic challenge,” Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan said in e-mailed comments to Bloomberg. The battlefront is social media, and adversaries range from those inciting attacks against Israelis to non-violent campaigns like Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions. All are bent on delegitimizing Israel, Erdan said.