May 27, 2021 · On its official TikTok page, the IDF has posted videos of beautiful female soldiers lip-syncing to Dua Lipa’s “Levitating” or marching in fatigues and doing dances to military music. “There is a...

May 28, 2021 · Members of the Israel Defense Forces are posting “thirst traps” on TikTok amid the nation’s conflict with Hamas — and experts say it’s part of a larger strategy to garner support and spread...

Military Thirst Traps or Thirst Trap Propaganda refers to social media posts made by a military or people serving in that military that use physically attractive soldiers in social media posts, which many theorize are done for propaganda purposes.

May 28, 2021 · A female Israeli Defense Forces [IDF] soldier who has become a viral sensation for her thirst trap TikTok videos in which she defends her country's 'moral military' while dancing...

IDF Dancing Soldier TikToks, also known as Israeli Defense Forces Thirst Traps, refers to various social media content posted by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) or soldiers serving in it which depicts physically attractive soldiers dancing to TikTok songs, usually women.

Feb 17, 2020 · On Sunday morning, the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) tweeted a caption-less mirror selfie of a young woman with zero context. The IDF has previously been criticized for its odd social media...

Oct 18, 2023 · The slang "thirst trap propaganda" refers to exactly what it sounds like: a thirst trap (that is, a provocative photo posted online to "trap" engagement) used by a nation-state for alleged propaganda reasons.

Jun 8, 2021 · Members of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reportedly use “thirst traps” on social media to encourage support and stoke nationalism. And one professor of cultural anthropology says “beauty in uniform” is an Israeli “nationalist symbol” …

May 31, 2021 · The IDF has had its fair share of controversies in which soldiers, both female and male, have uploaded pictures of themselves half naked or in underwear holding their weapons.

May 30, 2021 · Members of the Israel Defense Forces are posting “thirst traps” on TikTok as their siege of the Gaza strip continues with experts saying it’s part of a wider strategy to garner support and spread nationalism as the social media masses flock to support Palestinians.

Jun 2, 2021 · Rolling Stone article featuring quotes from Rebecca Stein, professor of cultural anthropology at Duke University and author of Screen Shots: State Violence on Camera in Israel and Palestine and Sophia Goodfriend, a cultural anthropology PhD candidate at Duke currently based in Jerusalem. ----------------------------

May 29, 2021 · Rolling Stone has uncovered a number of TikTok and Instagram accounts belonging to serving and former members of the IDF (military service is mandatory for all Israeli adults,) which post ‘nationalist propaganda’ alongside images …

Jul 1, 2021 · One month before engaging in the 11-day attacks of May that resulted in the death of more than 250 Palestinians and 13 Israelis, the Israeli army posted a TikTok video where plane pilots celebrate...

Jun 1, 2021 · It has accused Israel of using its women soldiers as “Thirst Traps” on social media. A thirst trap is a type of social media post intended to entice viewers sexually.

Jul 26, 2021 · ISRAELI soldiers has been slammed for sharing ''thirst trap'' videos after hundreds of people were killed in the latest conflict with Gaza. The videos show young, gunslinging soldiers dancing as they show off their weapons.

Jun 1, 2021 · Israeli soldiers, as well as the military itself, are trying to influence the narrative of the Middle East by posting thirst traps on TikTok. Influencer Natalia Fadeev has raked in millions of followers due to her striking semblance to Gigi Hadid combined with …

Dec 29, 2016 · Intentional distraction from the constant flow of upsetting news from the region, very likely. Pushback against the (diasporic) stereotype that Jews, Jewish women specifically, aren’t that...

May 27, 2021 · It’s up for debate exactly how successful the IDF and its soldiers’ efforts at staving off social media uproar are. Though the violence has come to a temporary halt due to a ceasefire, the comments on the IDF’s most recent posts are largely negative and centered on the Israeli military’s myriad documented human rights abuses.

I can agree with the points he makes about some thirst traps potentially being propaganda, especially the bits about the Israeli military. But don’t blame the Soldiers, Marines, Airmen, or Sailors… blame the ad campaigns that pull this crap to feed the ruling party’s agenda.

Jul 27, 2021 · Rebecca Stein, professor of cultural anthropology at Duke University and author of Digital Militarism, claims the “thirst trap” strategy of using beautiful Israeli soldiers is nothing new. ”They considered themselves pioneers in the language of …