Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Netanyahu’s Social Media Director Suspended For Offensive Facebook Posts

August 20, 2013

Daniel Seaman slammed Japanese nuclear-victim commemorations, and wondered whether Muslims ‘stop eating each other’ during Ramadan

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new social media chief was reportedly suspended for making inappropriate statements on his personal Facebook page.

Daniel Seaman, the prime minister’s recently appointed director for interactive media, suggested that Palestinians who commemorate the Nakba, an Arabic word referring to the “catastrophe” that is Israel’s victory in the 1948 war, may want to reflect on how “stupid” they are.

Seaman, former head of the Government Press Office, and a deputy director-general in the now extinct Ministry of Public Diplomacy, also wrote he was “sick” of commemorations for the victims of the nuclear bombs dropped in Japan during World War II because “Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the consequence of Japanese aggression. You reap what you sow.” He added: ”Instead, they should be commemorating the estimated 50 million Chinese, Korean and other victims of Japanese imperial aggression and genocide – not to mention nearly 120,000 Allied military casualties who fought to defeat the genocidal Japanese. These are who deserve to be and should be remembered this week.” Read More

Courtesy Times of Israel

PM’s designated social media chief down but not out

Although Daniel Seaman has been suspended and ordered to delete his offensive Facebook posts, he might still get the senior post he was tapped for last month

By RAPHAEL AHREN-August 18, 2013

Daniel Seaman (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)

Despite having been suspended over a series of inappropriate Facebook posts, the designated chief of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new social media advocacy department has not been fired from his current job and might still end up being promoted.