IDF combats social media mishaps among troops

Ed-note (Sabba) – To quote Mark Glenn, social media are allowing the world to see that there is indeed no beauty in the beast. There never was, there never will be. Social media are not only showing us israel without her mascara, but are also showing us how vainglorious  and reckless jews are as soon as they feel they are in power. Pictured is Eden Abergil during “the most beautiful day of her life”.

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The IDF is facing a new enemy – social media. Snap-happy soldiers are sharing the more sensitive aspects of their lives online, where not everyone watching is a friend.

Soldiers are updating their lives at the base, at home, on the bus, causing a major headache for the army when statuses, photos and videos go one step too far. Now the IDF has come up with guidelines designed to create order from the chaos – and make soldiers think twice before clicking “post”.

The IDF has been rocked quite a few social media storms in recent years. Just last week, five paratroopers were confined to their base for 21 days after uploading a clip of themselves dancing to Israel’s Eurovision entry song “Golden Boy.” And a year ago, a row erupted after dozens of soldiers posted on Facebook images of themselves holding signs of solidarity with a Nahal soldier who had been recorded cocking his weapon at a Palestinian.

And that’s not all: the height of the storm came when female soldiers posted photos in which they were naked save for their weapons, and soldier Eden Abergil uploaded an image of herself in front of bound and blindfolded Palestinian detainees, along with a caption reading, “The most beautiful period of my life.”

An army document issued about a year ago, explaining military regulations regarding social media, failed to resolve the problem. But a new document has been produced by the IDF’s chief education officer, Brigadier General Avner Paz-Tzuk, following consultations by the committee established by former chief of staff Benny Gantz.