Digital Hunting: How I Tracked ISIS on TikTok
As information professionals, we know: the most valuable insights are often hidden beneath the surface. I uncovered hidden digital trails of young women recruited by ISIS – not through direct keywords like #ISIS or #Jihad, but through subtle, “innocent” hashtags and cultural codes. My journey spies after ISIS’ recruiting and manipulating young women mainly in […]
Florentin, Tel Aviv: When Walls Tell Stories Living Research in Times of Crisis
About the research My current research takes place in my own neighborhood – Florentin, one of the world’s most iconic hipster districts and home to Tel Aviv’s vibrant young creative community. Famous for its stunning street art and graffiti that transforms every building into a canvas, Florentin has always been where the pulse of Israeli […]
Visual Radicalization: ISIS Strategies for Female Recruitment on TikTok
THE NAME OF THE BOOK: The Role of Intelligence in Countering Violent Extremism THE NAME OF THE CHAPTER: Failure to Connect the Dots, 50 Years Later: “Yom Kippur War” (1973) Versus “October 7” Dr. Galit M. Ben-Israel[1] Beit-Berl Academic College, Israel Ben-Israel, G. (2024). Failure to Connect the Dots, 50 Years Later: Yom Kippur War […]
A Brave New World”: A World Where Big Wars and Asymmetric Warfare Coexist”
Abstract. The old order has been broken due to postmodern historical events. After the great wars (Imperial and national wars), we believed the war era had ended. Around the turn of the millennium, a new era of “small wars”/asymmetric warfare began. Non-state armed groups against state armies like Hezbollah in Lebanon, ISIS in the Middle […]