Young, Jewish and Proud have created a platform where people of all other faiths can listen to the voice of the young Jewish community. They express pride of their identity, which is important for the Jewish community, while also supporting selfcriticism. In their fourth section of the declaration they state that they ‘commit to reenvisioning “homeland,” to make room for justice.’ The comments section on their web page has received hundreds of messages from both Jews and Muslims who engaging in discussions with each other. The website has the ability to promote such dialogue and also has the potential to bring young Israeli and Palestinian voices together for peace. Approaching Social Media Responsibly Finally, we must encourage young people to use the internet responsibly, and to think about how our actions online might affect others.149 We may think that liking a hateful status or post on Facebook is harmless but plenty of research, including my own field research, shows that people are deeply influenced by the perceived social context in which they operate. Rather than being discouraged by hateful messages we should use hate speech as motivation to spread our own positive messages; we cannot underestimate how great the impact of our positive messages may be. Below are some of Foxman and Wolf’s most useful suggestions I would like to highlight for the situation in Myanmar:  Support positive messages. Share and recommend social media pages or posts that you find positive and informative.  Discuss what you have seen with other people. Talk to others about content you have found to be distressing or frightening, share it with teachers, parents, religious leaders or report the material you deem to be inappropriate to the company. Facebook allows you to report content and gives you a number of options to describe why that content is inappropriate or offensive (for example, whether it is offensive to religion, race or sexuality). 149 Foxman and Wolf, (2013) p.141. - 61 -