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Netanyahu's Call to Unfollow Causes News Page Push to Lose 4,000 Followers
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged his Instagram followers to unfollow the news page Push last Friday. Within 48 hours, the page lost about 4,000 followers, dropping from 968,000 to 964,000. Netanyahu accused the page of spreading political propaganda from rivals, not reporting news.
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What happened
- 01Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for followers to unfollow the news page Push on Instagram.
- 02The Push Instagram page lost approximately 4,000 followers within 48 hours of Netanyahu's appeal.
- 03Netanyahu accused Push of being a propaganda page for political rivals, not a news source.
- 04The Push page was founded by Itzik Peretzan and has undergone multiple ownership changes and legal battles.
- 05The page's follower count dropped from 968,000 to 964,000 after Netanyahu's call to unfollow.
The page, founded by Itzik Peretzan, has a complex ownership history involving significant financial transactions and legal disputes.
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