The Palestinian narrative has been subject to systematic distortion since the 1948 Nakba. The allegations of a land without people and that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is religion-based grabbed attention and spread across international media. This propaganda created stereotypes of the Palestinians and their cause. With the spread of social media and the global surge in their use, Israeli discrimination and persecution against Palestinians have crawled into the digital space. The Israeli government has systematically endeavored to track and erase the Palestinian content on the internet through various means. However, many Palestinian organizations and initiatives find in cyberspace and social media an ample window of opportunity to spread and publish Palestinian narrative and untold stories across international media dominated by the Israeli allegations.
Therefore, this session serves a pulpit for Palestinian organizations and initiatives – working on safeguarding and spreading the Palestinian narrative with all its political, social and rights-related texture and nuance– to present their experience in creating such content and discuss the challenges the faced along the way.