Mr. ADELSBERG of LendforPeace.org noted that many young people had only lived through the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through new media, and they were quick to recognize their power. However, people continued to get their news from traditional sources, supplemented by other information from tools like Facebook, Twitter and blogs. To say that new media had been embraced by the entire younger generation was incorrect, he said, pointing out the disconnection between the dialogue that took place on social media sites and what was happening in the real world. Those online, including in the diaspora, were not necessarily representative of the views of regional or local populations, he cautioned, adding that the Internet offered new platforms for communication, including between Israelis and Palestinians, and for people to transcend political or geographical boundaries. At the same time, social media could also enhance conflict by linking together people with the same harmful views, he warned.