On 27 October 2023, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination expressed grave concern about “the sharp increase in racist hate speech and dehumanization directed at Palestinians since October 7, particularly on the Internet and social media.” This concern arises amidst the widespread dissemination of violent and inflammatory content in Hebrew against Palestinians across social media platforms, particularly after October 2023.
The surge in violent Hebrew content on social media has been substantial, though systematic violent content and hate speech against Palestinians predates October. From January to September 2023, 7amleh detected approximately 7 million instances of violent Hebrew content across various social media platforms, including Facebook which accounted for 24.57% of the violent content online.