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Pro Israel Facebook Group Hatikvah Leads Jewish Social Media
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Alain Horoit Jerusalem, Israel --- April 10, 2013 … Hatikvah, a Facebook group with over 53,000 members, was created in March 2010 as a pro-Israel page (facebook.com/hatikvah1). Since its creation, the Hatikvah group has followed a policy of non censorship regarding news coming from Israel. As the creator of Hatikvah, I and the administrators who work on this Facebook group, cover a wide variety of news and get it out before any one else does. I trust my admins, who are professional journalists, bloggers and are located around the four corners of the globe, to provide us 24/7 news. When something is happening, you can be sure to see it on Hatikvah first. Hatikvah has recently posted in commemoration of Yom Ha'Shoah (Holocaust Memorial Day) hundreds of graphic pictures of the Holocaust. Each one of them remind us of the horror committed during the Nazi regime. But one picture especially created a whole fury for which a few people among our own Jewish and Christian community implored to delete it for reasons of "dignity". Dignity? What about all the thousands of photographs of people gazed, murdered and piled up on stretchers or thrown in mass graves, do they have some sense of dignity? At first I didn't understand why this picture shocked people more than any of the other shocking pictures. Apparently a picture of naked woman being humiliated by Nazi thugs is more atrocious than pictures of naked, dead Jews piled up in ditches. Why? Is it because a picture is showing some nudity or because the person can be identified? Or is it because too many people are in the assumption that the Nazi killing machine was so orderly and sophisticated? Or is it hitting closer to home because it is personal that it seems so real. The
Nazi killing machine wasn't so orderly. A lot of cruelty happened
since before the very first doorbell sounded. Jews were dragged
out their homes, raped and murdered on the spot.
In
the coming days, Hatikvah will be uploading many more graphic
photos of Holocaust victims, members of the Israel Defense Forces
(IDF) and Israel terror victims. As many know, the period between
Holocaust Memorial Day, IDF and Terror Victims Remembrance Day
and Israel Independence Day are filled with reflection as to the
suffering and sacrifices made by the Jewish people. If any of
the images we upload offend anyone, we can only apologize but
state clearly that these images reflect reality. A reality which
needs to be illustrated while the Jewish Nation must contend with
those in Iran, Syria, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other terror states
and organizations deny the very existence of the Holocaust.
At the same time, Hatikvah will post other Israel, Middle East regional news and features and will promote business networking for the Jewish community. Joel Leyden, a respected international media consultant and journalist and I have created Jewish Business Networking for social media that will bring Jewish business men and women together from New York, Toronto, Chicago and LA to London, Paris, Madrid and Tel Aviv. Though it might be more in our comfort zone to develop global business connections for Israel and the Jewish world, we should never forget nor stop honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice for the Jewish nation and for Israel. The Jewish nation survives as we shall never give up. We shall never succumb to becoming victims. We will prosper, remember and truly be a light onto all nations.
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Alain Horoit is a native of Belgium who
today resides in Spain. He has lived in the US and Israel. His
professional skills in global marketing are well known throughout
the Jewish world. Horoit also serves as a life and mental coach.
