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Iraq’s representative at the 2017 Miss Universe pageant, Sarah Idan, left, with Israelis at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market, June 2018. (Screen capture: Hadashot)
June 14, 2018, 3:13 am
From Jerusalem, Miss Iraq calls for Israeli-Palestinian peace
Sarah Idan urges 'a new chapter for Israel and Palestine, with less blood and more amity'
By AFP and TOI staff
Iraq’s representative at the 2017 Miss Universe pageant, Sarah Idan, left, with Israelis at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market, June 2018. (Screen capture: Hadashot)
June 12, 2018, 11:18 pm
Visiting Jerusalem, Miss Iraq is embraced by Israelis, praised for her bravery
Sarah Idan, whose family had to flee Iraq after she posted a photo in which she posed with Miss Israel, is warmly received by locals at Mahane Yehuda market
By TOI staff
Miss Israel Adar Gandelsman (left) and Miss Iraq Sarah Idan pose for a picture at the Miss Universe pageant in 2017. (Instagram)
June 12, 2018, 4:35 pm
Iraq’s Miss Universe visits Israel, reunites with Israel counterpart
PM spokesman announces visit of Sarah Idan, whose family was forced to flee Iraq after Instagram photo with Israel's contestant Adar Gandelsman went viral last year
By TOI staff
An image shared by Yair Netanyahu on his Instagram account on May 16, 2018. (Screen capture)
May 16, 2018, 7:54 pm
Amid diplomatic spat, Yair Netanyahu posts ‘Fu*k Turkey’ on Instagram
A spokesperson for prime minister's son says he is 'a private individual and his Instagram account is private'
By TOI staff
Dorrie Jacobson, 83, models lingerie. (Jodi Jacobson)
May 3, 2018, 2:50 am
At 83, former Playboy bunny relaunches career as Instagram lingerie model
Dorrie Jacobson fights ageism with 'Senior Style Bible' blog and encourages older women to be accepting of one another's looks, choices and bodies
By Renee Ghert-Zand
File: This July 16, 2013, photo shows a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)
January 13, 2018, 12:26 am
Facebook joins Europol talks to fight Islamist propaganda
Representatives from social network and European agency aim to 'identify and secure the swift removal of terrorist and violent extremism content'
By AFP
Lorde performs at the 2017 Outside Lands Music Festival in San Francisco, Calif.(Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
January 11, 2018, 11:42 am
US group looks to prep visiting performers for onslaught of BDS pressure
Even before celebrities announce their visits, they must be braced to weather the inevitable boycott storm, says pro-Israel artists' collective
By Tracy Frydberg
Victoria Koblenko posting a photo from Jerusalem. (Instagram)
January 5, 2018, 8:11 pm
Hundreds unfollow Dutch actress for vacationing in Israel
Hitting back at critics, Victoria Koblenko slams those who 'assume something about my political inclination based on my holiday destination'
By JTA
Iranian students protest at the University of Tehran during a demonstration driven by anger over economic problems, in the capital Tehran on December 30, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / STR)
January 2, 2018, 8:26 pm
US demands Iran stop blocking social media
Washington advises citizens of Islamic Republic to set up virtual private networks, or VPNs, to circumvent online censorship
By Agencies
In this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, university students attend a protest inside Tehran University while a smoke grenade is thrown by anti-riot Iranian police, in Tehran, Iran, December 30, 2017. (AP Photo)
December 31, 2017, 8:08 pm
Fresh demonstrations in Iran met with water cannons, 200 arrested
Regime downplays protests against faltering economy, as Twitter shows people taking to the streets, violent response from police
By Agencies and TOI staff
Iranian students protest at the University of Tehran during a demonstration driven by anger over economic problems, in the capital Tehran on December 30, 2017. (AFP/ STR)
December 31, 2017, 6:23 pm
Protests in Iran fanned by exiled journalist, Telegram app
Roohallah Zam used the secure messaging service to share news and rally Iranians; on Sunday the government shut it down
By Jon Gambrell
Iranian students protest at the University of Tehran during a demonstration driven by anger over economic problems, in the capital Tehran on December 30, 2017. (AFP/ STR)
December 31, 2017, 2:40 pm
Amid protests, social media access restricted on Iran cellphones
Authorities says demonstrators were using encrypted messaging app Telegram to organize unrest; Instagram also limited
By Agencies
Illustrative: A Gazan man looking at a pro-Palestinian post on Facebook on April 7, 2013. (Abed Rahim Khatib / Flash90)
October 15, 2017, 11:56 am
Arab Israeli indicted for social media posts supporting terror
Prosecutors say Muhammad Khalaf's praise for Hamas, Temple Mount shooting show 'real possibility' he could carry out an attack
By TOI staff
August 17, 2017, 12:07 pm
‘If you were here, I’d kill you’
He's making peace with the Arab world, one painstaking Instagram comment at a time
By Nick Lieber
Madonna. (screen capture: Madonna, Instagram)
August 1, 2017, 4:32 pm
Madonna mourns Temples’ destruction in racy Instagram post
Material Girl writes to 10 million followers: '9th of Av. This is a Day to stay inside. lay low. Keep Quiet'
By TOI staff
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