The Agora exists again in the post-internet era in the form of YouTube, the video-hosting website which has been involving citizens in various elections around the world.
 
YouTube Israel, whose new trademark slogan is "Broadcast Yourself", has given voters a platform to directly  address candidates in the country's forthcoming elections, to be held on February 10. The best questions are selected by Internet users and then put to the candidates before a panel of Web users in a special broadcast.

Ollie Rickman, a spokesman for YouTube Israel, told FRANCE 24 the initiative is "a perfect example of democracy in action". YouTube, he said, is not seeking to make profits. Rather, it wants to promote debate.

YouTube, a mirror of Israel's diversity

The issues raised readily demonstrate the breadth of opinion and diversity of concerns of the mainly young Israelis participating in the project.

These range from security to economy, and from the environment to the legal status of soft drugs: the complete spectrum