{"id":1279,"date":"2026-05-12T07:17:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muncbiz.com\/socialmedia\/?p=1279"},"modified":"2026-05-12T07:17:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:17:44","slug":"netanyahu-says-social-media-narratives-have-hurt-israel-badly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muncbiz.com\/socialmedia\/?p=1279","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu says social media narratives have \u2018hurt\u2019 Israel \u2018badly\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_8lnw1K7IQ8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says negative sentiments on Israel spreading on social media, which he blamed on \u201cbot farms\u201d and a cyclical rise in antisemitism, has hurt the country \u201cbadly\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu also compared himself to British wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the interview with 60 Minutes. 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