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Submitted by Infodiva

Dec 29, 2008

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In what may be a first for any government the world over, the Consulate General of Israel in New York will be holding a public press conference about the war in Gaza via Twitter. On Tuesday, December 30 during the hours of 1-3 p.m. EST, David Saranga, Consul of Media and Public Affairs in New York, will answer questions written in by users of the popular Internet social messaging Web site. Read the full article

Comments (14)

Michaelfidler,

Dec 30, 2008

Kinda Cool!

Infodiva,

Dec 30, 2008

@michaelfidler Yeah Interesting! Lets hope there is no fail whale.

Michaelfidler,

Dec 30, 2008

@infodiva Someone just twittered, "Bet those will be some short Q&A's" I still think it's a great idea for a press conference. There haven't been many fail whale's lately, and when there are they don't seem to last to long. If they could handle election night, this should be no problem. Then again...

Infodiva,

Dec 30, 2008

@michaelfidler I will be watching. Seeing how passionate people are about Palestine, Gaza and the rest, I just hope it does not get U-G-L-Y!

Nigelwalsh,

Dec 30, 2008

wow - is twitter the new telex of the world???

Michaelfidler,

Dec 30, 2008

@robdiana I never got back to you the other day about your question re: twitter going mainstream. I'm sorry about that, but this story reminded me of it. Kinda starting to reach the mainstream. I also noticed a bunch of young people from MySpace who are starting to adopt it. They use it compleatly different too. It's in line with how they interact on my space.
On a separate note, Have a Happy New Year!

Michaelfidler,

Dec 30, 2008

That was not very easy to follow. I finally found the right app when it was over.

Infodiva,

Dec 31, 2008

@michaelfidler I missed it.

Michaelfidler,

Dec 31, 2008

@infodiva Don't worry, you didn't miss much. There was way too much noise. Unlike the primary or the election, where everyone was focused on the same thing, this took place right in the middle of a busy twitter day. Someone needs to develop an app that properly threads multiple Q&A's together specifically for these type of events. They ended early because they were swamped with too many questions. Here's is the link to the summary of today's Qs in #AskIsrael http://www.israelpolitik.org/