It’s hard to imagine that a website started in a Harvard dorm room would, in just a few years, impact military policy halfway across the world.

President Shimon Peres, Israel’s eternal child has joined the 2.0 revolution.
We’re proud to present the Shimon Peres show, coming to a computer near you.

As part of a new effort to showcase Israel’s armed forces on an international level, the IDF is developing a unit designed exclusively for social networking. Experts on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter are arming themselves to the tweet to create an open and unfiltered look at some of the cool things happening every day in the Israeli army.

Following the success of the 140 Characters Conference (#140conf) in New York, social media guru Jeff Pulver has announced today that the next event will take place in Tel Aviv from October 7-8, 2009.

Jewish Week reporter Sharon Udasin sat down for an interview with Israel’s Consul for Media and Public Affairs in New York, David Saranga, as he winds down his four-year term.

The Western Wall in Jerusalem has officially opened a Twitter account. Now you can tweet your prayers through cyberspace.

Today was the first day of the 140 Characters Conference in New York, and we were proud to see in the crowd so many Israelis who are passionate about the evolving use of Twitter.

In honor of Pope Benedict XVI upcoming visit to Israel this week, we at the Consulate General of Israel in New York have released a Facebook Application titled “Holy Land Trivia”. You can test your knowledge about the Holy Land’s landmarks, geography and modern times, and compare the results with your friends.

Google Israel, Haifa.Photo by David55King on Flickr. Used under Creative Commons License.

During the past few weeks, Google has rolled out a few tweaks to their search engine system designed to improve your search experience. Even better: Several of these newly implemented tools are Israeli products.
For instance: Ynet reported last week on the addition [...]

Photo: Israel Ministry of Tourism

Israel, like any other country, has a few sites that get most of the attention from tourists–and deservedly so. Who could picture Israel without Tel Aviv and Jerusalem?? But there are other, more out-of-the-way places which are equally important to making the country what it is. Now, according [...]