Something bad is happening to the political discourse in Israel 2021.
After two years of four exhausting and frequent election cycles, Israel’s election system has become one of the ugliest the country has ever known. The political crisis has led to a divisive public discourse — one that began on the Knesset podium and continues to seep into social media and the streets. Citizens on both sides of the political spectrum are not holding back from making vile, racist, and violent remarks toward the other side, and it seems that the rift within the nation is only deepening.
After two years of four exhausting and frequent election cycles, Israel’s election system has become one of the ugliest the country has ever known. The political crisis has led to a divisive public discourse — one that began on the Knesset podium and continues to seep into social media and the streets. Citizens on both sides of the political spectrum are not holding back from making vile, racist, and violent remarks toward the other side, and it seems that the rift within the nation is only deepening.
The project deals with the political discourse in Israel in 2021, focusing on the digital sphere. It includes real quotes from online comments across the web, aiming to reflect the situation as it is and to examine what is happening in our political discourse today.
