In the past month, during which the media has extensively covered the evacuation of Amona, there has been a significant increase in racist discourse towards the settler community as well as towards right-wingers.
This is according to data from the 'Hate Report' project published by the Berl Katznelson Foundation, in collaboration with Vigo, on the occasion of 'Safer Internet Day', which is observed worldwide today.
According to the data, these are two sectors for which, according to the monthly average of the report, racist discourse towards them online is generally relatively negligible. In contrast, in the past month, there has been a 50% increase in hatred towards them. This hatred was expressed in the fact that 7% of all racist and violent discourse online was towards the settler community and another 5% was towards right-wingers.
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However, most of the hate speech online in the past month was still directed towards Arabs (40%) and leftists (15%), with the former consistently leading the index, with a monthly average of 39% of all hate speech online.
Below is a breakdown of the complete data, which includes the total percentage of hate speech on the Internet in Israel in the past month:
Arabs – 40%; Leftists – 15%; Other – 10%; Haredim – 9%; LGBT – 8; Settlers – 7%; Mizrahi 6% and Rightists – 5%. .
Below is a breakdown of the complete data, which includes the monthly average percentage of hate speech on the Internet in Israel:
Arabs – 39%; Leftists – 11%; Haredi – 11%; Mizrahi 11%; Other – 10%; LGBT – 8; Asylum seekers – 6%; Ashkenazim – 4%. .
""We discover that with every political event, the level of polarization and violence between groups in Israeli society increases," says Anat Rosilio, director of the public arena at the Berl Katznelson Foundation. "If we once witnessed empathy towards the injured party, today the automatic emotion is hatred of the other.
""Although hatred towards Arab citizens is still the most common, the settler public and the right are not immune to it either. In this context, it is important to note that the hate report examines hate speech and not the legitimate criticism voiced by the public for or against the evacuation.".
The Hate Report is a project of the Berl Katznelson Foundation that monitors the waves of hate in the Hebrew language online. The report, which is monitored by the research company Vigo, captures about half a million conversations every hour (statuses, comments, talkbacks, tweets, etc.).
