Hey @IDF: Fix your website!

I and others have been frustrated by the IDF not being as responsive to queries from us and from reporters as we would like. 

But many of the questions could be answered if the IDF website was updated, and easy to navigate. It contains lots of evidence of Hamas violating international law and the IDF adhering to it, but finding specific information is not easy for me, with an IT background. It is even worse for people who aren't conversant in searching sites.

One solution is to hire a librarian.

Library science is designed to categorize information and make it easy to find. A list of press releases is not necessarily the best thing to search on - finding everything about Shifa hospital would be much better. Librarians are trained to do this sort of thing. How hard could this be?

Also, keep things up to date. There is a mediocre page (not easy to find) showing evidence of Hamas use of hospitals from 2023, and it says it will be continuously updated with new information. 

It never was. 

Don't make promises you can't keep - and better yet, keep your promises!

Another way that might appeal more to the IDF is to add an artificial intelligence engine in front of the site so people can ask questions and get answers in plain language. There are plenty of AI products that can slurp up a database of disorganized information and answer questions. It would have to be well tested, of course, to make sure the AI is not saying anything that violates IDF positions or policies, but again - how hard can this be? 

The war is now 15 months old. Even if there is a ceasefire, the cognitive war is still going to go on. Having a place where a reporter can ask "Show me evidence of Hamas activity in schools" would be priceless. 

What is stopping the IDF from doing something that is such a no-brainer?

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