“Israeli” Army Filters Emails, Internet to Avoid More Embarrassment

Access to email services such as Gmail and Hotmail has also been blocked from the army's premises.

According to the "Israeli" paper, army personnel are now only allowed to use "Israeli" email services at gov.il, and have access to a few other selected websites.

The latest restrictions come nearly one year after the "Israeli" army faced international embarrassment over images and videos uploaded by soldiers to social networks.

In one instance, an Israeli soldier posted a video of himself dancing offensively around a bound and blindfolded Palestinian woman on Youtube in May, 2010.

In August last year, another Israeli soldier posted smiling pictures of herself with bound Palestinian prisoners on Facebook.