The Israeli-Palestinian conflicts that started last November have also spread to cyberspace. Many official Israeli Web sites have been attacked by hackers from the Arab world. Arab Web sites such as that of the Hezbollah in Lebanon have also suffered counterattacks from the Israeli side. The Internet, it is claimed, can transcend geographical and national boundaries, and create a pluralistic society where traditional ideologies will gradually wither away. Instead, such thinking is duplicating itself and expanding on the Web.
Nationality is made to appear all the more real by the Internet.
In the virtual world, like-minded people can find and talk to each other. Undeniably, the new media technologies can change the methods and content of communication. But the Internet is like a double-edged sword. Such communication in turn makes these virtual communities very real and easy to organize. Meanwhile, virtual exchanges have not helped to dissolve nationalism, religious hatred and existing regional conflicts.