Wednesday, 1 June 2011
They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth... ...
Plato
"The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident
which everybody had decided not to see." ...
Ayn Rand
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IDF Spokesperson Announcement
For Immediate Release
1 June, 2011 19:30
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IDF Launches Revamped Website
The IDF will re-launch its official website tomorrow, June 2nd 2011. The
website, in place for over a decade, has been redesigned and upgraded, and
will now be synchronized with social networks.
The website will be the official gateway to the IDF online, and eventually
serve as a portal to the various IDF related websites. The site will provide
news updates and information (also during emergencies), serving as an
official IDF channel relaying directly to both the public in Israel and
abroad.
New visual and content upgrades have been made, adding official operational
updates, IDF Spokesperson announcements (including archives) and articles
from the various IDF commands and branches written by the website's team of
journalists. The website, updated 24/7, will present the IDF's daily
routine.
Approximately 700,000 entries are made to the IDF website every month, 65%
of which are from Israel with the remainder visiting from over 150 countries
worldwide. During operational events the site is updated in real time, and
the number of entries to the site is five times the normal daily traffic.
The IDF website can be viewed in Hebrew and English, and in the future, will
be available in French and Arabic. The new website was developed by "Matrix
Digital", a leading Israeli web-building firm, and assisted by the IDF
Computer Service Directorate.
The IDF website is operated by the IDF Spokesperson's Unit and commanded by
Cpt. Tzahi Biran, who also serves as its editor-in-chief and oversees the
twenty editors, reporters and translators. "The main improvement the
revamped website offers is the natural sync with the social networks used by
the IDF officially. It is clear to us that internet surfers live through
social networks, and look to them for information, using them to directly
contact the IDF", said Capt. Biran.
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International News Desk
Spokesperson's Unit
Israel Defense Forces
Telephone: +972-3-6080245
IDF Official Website: www.idf.il/English
IDF Spokesperson's Twitter: www.twitter.com/IDFSpokesperson
IDF Spokesperson's Blog: www.IDFSpokesperson.com
IDF Spokesperson's YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/IDFNADesk
IDF Spokesperson's Flickr Albums: www.flickr.com/IDFOnline
IDF Spokesperson's Scribd Page: www.scribd.com/IDFOnline
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Website: www.imra.org.il
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