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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 474

online incitement

Hollywood agent Brandt Joel (right) with actor Renee Zellweger at the 2005 Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy. (J. Vespa/WireImage)
September 6, 2024, 9:49 am
A-list Hollywood agent dropped over violent message in pro-Israel group chat
‘Screw the left kill all,’ wrote superstar rep Brandt Joel after news of hostages’ murder in Gaza; Joel says he only meant Hamas, but actor Mahershala Ali fires him over comment
By JTA and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Spanish police officers prior to arresting an unidentified man in Barcelona, Spain, on April 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
March 26, 2024, 2:37 pm
Spain detains man with suspected Islamic State links for promoting terror online
Police say suspect has ‘extensive connections’ with jihadists across globe, accuse him of offering ‘training and instruction in terrorism’ along with propagandizing
By AFP
The AI-generated image posted to X by media adviser Itzik Elrov of a woman resembling Transportation Minister Miri Regev covered in popcorn supposedly dipped in blood in a post criticizing the government's handling of the war against Hamas. (Screenshot from X used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 7, 2024, 7:19 pm
Critics cry ‘1984’ as police launch probe into X post flogging minister over joke
Investigation of suspected ‘threats’ against Miri Regev — after cops denied okay for incitement probe — draws charges of politically motivated bid to chill speech
By Jeremy Sharon
Illustrative: A Hamas flag at the Temple Mount, in 2013 (photo credit: Sliman Khader/Flash90)
January 2, 2024, 9:52 pm
Jerusalem wedding singer charged with inciting to terror over backing for Hamas
Mohammad Shweiki, 21, indicted for singing to crowds and posting clips to social media of his support for terror actions, including allegiance to head of Hamas military wing
By ToI Staff
The Or Simcha youth village in Kfar Chabad, central Israel, October 26, 2023. (Gavriel Fiske/Times of Israel)
November 7, 2023, 2:31 pm
Daily Briefing Nov. 7: Day 32 – Ukrainian kids who fled to Israel escape war again
Legal reporter Jeremy Sharon on indictments for incitement to racism and violence; education reporter Gavriel Fiske on universities’ support for their student reservists
By ToI Staff
A slogan reading 'Jews wake up. Arabs out' is grafittied on a wall in the West Bank town of Marda, August 24, 2022. (Courtesy)
November 6, 2023, 7:09 am
Zero indictments for incitement against Arabs filed despite widespread online hate
Social media has been rife with calls for anti-Arab violence, population transfers, racist stereotypes; meanwhile, dozens of Arabs indicted for incitement based on social media
By Jeremy Sharon
A house where 40 Israeli civilians were held hostage in Kibbutz Be'eri, October 11, 2023 (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)
October 30, 2023, 3:04 pm
34 people indicted since Oct. 7 for incitement, praise of Hamas and Hezbollah
The State Attorney’s Office has filed charges against citizens, East Jerusalem residents for social media posts lauding the October 7 atrocities and other offenses
By Jeremy Sharon
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court for a hearing in a defamation lawsuit he brought, September 11, 2023 (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)
September 11, 2023, 1:20 pm
‘Shame and disgrace’: Bennett wins defamation suit over claim mother not Jewish
Court awards tens of thousands in compensation from rabbi; judge asks former PM to reduce claim in 2nd case
By ToI Staff
Palestinian journalist Lama Ghosheh poses for a picture on March 21, 2023, at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court. (Hiba Aslan/AFP)
July 11, 2023, 11:56 pm
Israeli court sentences Palestinian reporter to community service for incitement
Lama Ghosheh, from East Jerusalem, gets 3-year suspended term for allegedly praising terror activities on social media
By AFP
Illustrative: Otzma Yehudit member Benzi Gopstein (with microphone), head of the radical group Lehava, leads a demonstration against the Jerusalem Pride Parade on June 6, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 30, 2023, 6:53 am
‘Deadly Thursday’: Far-right activists threaten violence at Jerusalem Pride Parade
Messages by members of extremist Lehava group — whose leader is an ally of police minister Ben Gvir — advocate burning, gunning down participants of LGBTQ rights march
By Michael Bachner
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a Likud faction meeting at the Knesset on May 15, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 16, 2023, 4:39 pm
Man detained for inciting against Netanyahu online: ‘He’ll end under the guillotine’
Suspect from Jerusalem taken in for questioning over social media posts that called to ‘rebel’ against PM and said he’ll soon ‘be in a coffin’
By ToI Staff
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern during the post-Cabinet press conference in Wellington, New Zealand, March 7, 2022 (Mark Mitchell/Pool Photo via AP)
April 4, 2023, 3:47 pm
Ardern to begin new role combating online extremism as envoy for Christchurch Call
Ex-premier of New Zealand declines to accept pay for working to eliminate terrorist and violent extremist internet content; will also join Prince William’s environmental charity
By Nick Perry
Michael Vilensky, an intern in Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rothman's office, who has posted several offensive videos and comments on social media. (Channel 13 screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 19, 2023, 12:35 am
Report: Rothman intern banned several times from social media over offensive posts
Michael Vilensky said assassinated PM Rabin was a ‘traitor,’ expressed joy in watching cops beat Palestinians, supported coercive religious policies against women and more
By Michael Horovitz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting on the state budget, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on March 12, 2023. (Marc Israel Sellem)
March 15, 2023, 4:07 pm
Man arrested, questioned on suspicion of incitement to Netanyahu’s murder
Ramat Gan resident, 63, allegedly tweeted frequently against government’s judicial overhaul, warning it will ‘open the gates of hell’ and saying premier was ‘worthy of death’
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from a video published by the Al-Tofula Kindergarten in Beit Awwa in the West Bank, showing children simulating a 'martyr' funeral for one of their number who is killed in a pretend clash with the IDF, February 14, 2023. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 16, 2023, 10:16 am
Palestinian kindergarten films its kids play-clashing with IDF, becoming ‘martyrs’
Footage, said to have been taken down several times by TikTok, also shows children pretending to foil army raid by killing soldiers
By ToI Staff
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