As Twitter war rages, #stoptheterror Instagrams aim to wage peace
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November 19, 2012 -- Updated 1803 GMT (0203 HKT)
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(CNN) -- As the world continues to hope for a
cease-fire between Israel and militants in Gaza following days of deadly
violence, one Israeli decided to take matters to social media.
Ido Simyoni, a television
producer from Israel, decided to start a project asking people to post
images on photo-sharing service Instagram and tag them #stoptheterror.
The result? More than
5,000 photos as of Monday from as far afield as Portugal and South
Korea, he said. "Terror is everywhere and it doesn't matter if you are
from Tel Aviv or NYC, you can get attacked," he added.
While he started the
project with his own country in mind, he says it could apply to any
nation. "I come with peace to this project hoping to increase the
awareness of how it is important to defeat terror everywhere," he said.
- Instagram user irahok and her brother worked together to send in this image.
- Instagram user tamar808 sent an image from Ashdod, in southern Israel, which has been hit by several rockets fired from Gaza in the past few days.
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