oatmeal<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoOtherLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NoOtherLand</span></a> </p><p>[…] “When I look at Basel, I see my brother, but we are unequal, “[…] We live in a regime where I am free under civilian law and Basel is under military laws that destroy his life. There is a different path, a political solution without ethnic supremacy, with national rights for both of our people.”</p><p>Some Israeli outlets are insisting that the rumor about <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hasbarah" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hasbarah</span></a> recruit Gal Gadot presenting the award for Best Documentary was not a joke.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/oscar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>oscar</span></a><br /><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <br /><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention">@<span>israel</span></a></span></p>
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oatmeal<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>US</span></a> / On 60 Minutes' airing of a Mossad-controlled Hezbollah operation segment</p><p>[...] When news organizations allow access to dictate content, when they trade critical distance for insider footage, they betray their fundamental mission.</p><p>CBS's 60 Minutes is facing criticism for a segment on an Israeli operation against Hezbollah, with accusations that the show allowed Mossad to heavily influence the narrative by selecting interviewees and censoring information during filming. The report highlights concerns about journalistic integrity, suggesting that the pursuit of exclusive content led to a compromised and uncritical portrayal of an operation that resulted in numerous casualties, effectively turning the news program into a platform for Israeli propaganda.</p><p>The article states that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mossad" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mossad</span></a> chief David Barnea selected the agents to be interviewed for the 60 Minutes segment. Additionally, a representative of Israeli military censorship was present during the interview in Tel Aviv to ensure prearranged understandings and censorship of unwanted information were observed. These facts indicate a significant level of control by the Mossad over the content that was aired.</p><p>[...] The 60 Minutes story was fully controlled by the Mossad, Israel's foreign espionage agency. In return for granting CBS exclusivity, the deal was that Mossad chief David Barnea would select the agents to be interviewed. In addition, a representative of Israeli military censorship sat nearby during the interview, at a filming location in a Tel Aviv hotel, to monitor and make sure that the prearranged understandings—including the censorship of information it did not want discussed—would be observed. </p><p><a href="https://www.spytalk.co/p/an-unsavory-60-minutes-mossad-production" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">spytalk.co/p/an-unsavory-60-mi</span><span class="invisible">nutes-mossad-production</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention">@<span>israel</span></a></span><br /><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention">@<span>palestine</span></a></span><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraelOccupation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IsraelOccupation</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraelWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IsraelWarCrimes</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MediaBias" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MediaBias</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hasbarah" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hasbarah</span></a> <br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hezbollah" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hezbollah</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mossad" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mossad</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gaza</span></a></p>
oatmeal<p>Quoting Joe Biden (via Bob Woodward): “18 of 19 people who work for Netanyahu are liars”</p><p>Some commenters on Israeli news sites joke about a gap in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Biden</span></a>'s negotiation/business skills: </p><p>[...] "A common American expression says: 'Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.' Something is wrong with Biden. He needs to know how to do business with liars: for example, payment first and in cash. Work with them only on the record and punish them for the lies they spread."</p><p>Biden's repeated disappointment and surprise is either cluelessness, a lack of preparedness, or worse. A seasoned politician is expected to have the necessary experience to navigate complex negotiations. </p><p>Why did these challenges catch him off-guard? He has been around long enough to know that the State of Israel always lies. It always lied. The practice of shaping international diplomacy through deception and public relations with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hasbarah" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hasbarah</span></a>, is a long-standing practice. In fact, It can be traced back to the Zionist movement itself, which tried to hide its plans for the Arab population of Palestine by demanding operatives not to discuss them "in public". </p><p>It involves more than just communication strategies; it reflects a philosophy that relies on manipulation and misinformation, essentially out of mistrust of "gentiles" (and now increasingly Liberal Jews, Israeli and foreign), who are always potentially antisemites. </p><p>The use of victimhood and vitriol, along with excessive noise is performative (i.e. Arden, Danon... at the U.N.), is meant to distract from the core issue and obstruct any possibility for a genuine peace/reconciliation process which will end the occupation. </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention">@<span>israel</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraelOccupation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IsraelOccupation</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraelWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IsraelWarCrimes</span></a> <br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OatmealQuotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OatmealQuotes</span></a></p>
oatmeal<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nakba1948" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Nakba1948</span></a> / The birth of an "Hasbrah Nation” ...</p><p>[...] Ben-Gurion probably never heard the word “Nakba,” but early on, at the end of the 1950s, Israel’s first prime minister grasped the importance of the historical narrative. Just as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Zionism</span></a> had forged a new narrative for the Jewish people within a few decades, he understood that the other nation that had resided in the country before the advent of Zionism would also strive to formulate a narrative of its own. For the Palestinians, the national narrative grew to revolve around the Nakba, the calamity that befell them following Israel’s establishment in 1948, when about 700,000 Palestinians became refugees.</p><p>Historian Shay Hazkani (today an associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland) uncovered in this early publication a concerted effort orchestrated by Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, to manipulate the historical narrative surrounding the 1948 Palestinian exodus/explosion. </p><p>Seeking to secure international sympathy for the Jewish state (which declared independence unilaterally after a failed attempt to implement the partition resolution and while the UN were busy formulation a trustsheep, suggested by the U.S.), Ben-Gurion instructed Israeli historians to produce research that would obscure the expulsion of Palestinians, instead promoting the narrative that they fled their homes voluntarily. </p><p>Hazkani argues that this manipulation was a calculated attempt to rewrite history, downplaying Israel's role in the Palestinian <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nakba" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Nakba</span></a> and swaying global opinion in favor of the newly established nation.</p><p><a href="https://issuu.com/shay_hazkani/docs/of_their_own_free_will" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">issuu.com/shay_hazkani/docs/of</span><span class="invisible">_their_own_free_will</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <br /><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention">@<span>israel</span></a></span> <br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraelWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IsraelWarCrimes</span></a> <br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraelOccupation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IsraelOccupation</span></a> <br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hasbarah" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hasbarah</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraelPropaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IsraelPropaganda</span></a></p>
oatmeal<p>How it works… </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention">@<span>israel</span></a></span> <br /><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Bild" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bild</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/israelpropaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>israelpropaganda</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hasbarah" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hasbarah</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/netanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>netanyahu</span></a></p>
oatmeal<p>[cont'd] Why did a British Jewish newspaper publish fake Israeli intelligence?</p><p>A British Jewish newspaper, the Jewish Chronicle, published an exclusive report claiming that Hamas leader Yahya <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sinwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sinwar</span></a> intended to smuggle out remaining hostages via the Philadelphi Corridor to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Iran</span></a>. However, this story was entirely fabricated and based on false intelligence sources. The article's author, Elon Perry, was also found to have a fake identity, with many of his claimed credentials and experiences being untrue. The publication of these false reports is seen as an attempt by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Netanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Netanyahu</span></a> to influence public opinion in favor of continuing the war in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gaza</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.972mag.com/jewish-chronicle-elon-perry-netanyahu-intelligence/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">972mag.com/jewish-chronicle-el</span><span class="invisible">on-perry-netanyahu-intelligence/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention">@<span>israel</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraelPropaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IsraelPropaganda</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hasbarah" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hasbarah</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JewishChronicle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JewishChronicle</span></a></p>
oatmeal<p>[cont'd] Israeli media continues to rehash this "report," omitting crucial information about the Israeli-British lawyer behind it.</p><p>Netanyahu's paper, Israel Hayom, re-titled this item "BBC Taken Hostage by Israel Haters" (possibly an indirect reference to Hamas).</p><p>In response to the original publication in The Telegraph, a spokesperson for the corporation said the BBC had "serious questions" about the report's methodology.</p><p>Israel Hayom's piece includes, at the very end, this extended comment (re-translated from Hebrew, as I couldn't find the original English text):</p><p>The BBC has informed "Israel Hayom" that it has significant doubts about the methodology used in the report, particularly regarding its reliance on artificial intelligence to analyze bias and interpret guidelines for evaluating coverage. We do not believe that a news organization's credibility can be assessed solely by counting certain words or phrases, disconnected from context. Our aim is to provide an impartial report, rather than create a "balance of empathy," as suggested in the report. We are confident that our experienced and dedicated writers achieve this goal, despite the complex and challenging nature of the conflict. However, we will approach the report with caution and respond directly to its authors once we have thoroughly studied it.</p><p>Separately, the most recent research indicates a higher likelihood that viewers would turn to BBC for neutral coverage rather than any other source. An independent study by "More in Common" found that BBC's reporting is perceived as more neutral than that of other organizations. We categorically reject the insinuations that our writers have "celebrated" terrorist actions, and the attack on BBC journalists who operate under the same journalistic standards.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention">@<span>israel</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BBC</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ai</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SentimentAnalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SentimentAnalysis</span></a> <br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraelPropaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IsraelPropaganda</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hasbarah" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hasbarah</span></a></p>
oatmeal<p>Steffen Seibert, @GerAmbTLV</p><p>[…] I regret having believed - like so many others - that that suicide letter was real. It turns out it was a fake. I find this an appalling act given that so many real lives were taken at the Nova festival, so many crimes committed, so many souls destroyed.</p><p><a href="https://xcancel.com/GerAmbTLV/status/1829096214974837217" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">xcancel.com/GerAmbTLV/status/1</span><span class="invisible">829096214974837217</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention">@<span>israel</span></a></span> <br /><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraelWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IsraelWarCrimes</span></a> <br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraelOccupation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IsraelOccupation</span></a> <br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hasbarah" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hasbarah</span></a></p>
oatmeal<p>[translation] Yes, it was worth bringing back the Bedouin. Noa Tishby will surely make a video about this (Haneen Majadlah)</p><p>“Look, see the people of Israel, the State of Israel, the Israeli army, how we released an Arab Muslim hostage from Hamas captivity. What do you say now?”</p><p>Anyone who sees the reactions in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Israel</span></a> to the return of the kidnapped 52-year-old Bedouin Farhan al-Qadi from Rahat; reactions like "moving, I cried from excitement, I'm in tears, today a father returned to his 11 children" — all from journalists, public figures, politicians, commenters, some on the right-wing to extreme-right spectrum; and of course the "emotional" conversation of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Netanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Netanyahu</span></a> with the hostage ("I want you to know that we don't forget anyone, just as we didn't forget you, we are committed to bringing everyone back") — anyone exposed to all this might be a bit surprised by the amount of empathy, emotion and joy that accompany his return. So what's the deal? Is this joy genuine? Are supporters of mass killing in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gaza</span></a> really capable of sincerely rejoicing over the return of a Bedouin captive? What's the catch?</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Propaganda</span></a>. Simple as that. It's an opportunity for Israeli public relations. Because in Israel, of course, there is no yearning for ethnic cleansing or killing Palestinians — look, we released a Bedouin hostage. Every time Israel releases a Bedouin hostage — or as in Farhan al-Qadi's case, he releases himself and escapes — there's an opportunity for Israeli propaganda. Not just by the state through its PR arms — but by the entire people of Israel.</p><p>Not only that. As Israel deepens its crimes in Gaza, the propaganda campaign on the backs of Arab hostages is amplified even more: Look, he's greeted with applause in the corridor of the Zionist hospital that treated him, and isn't it interesting that his doctor wears a kippah? That's good for PR abroad. And here are smiling soldiers standing on both sides of the hospital corridor applauding him, and an IDF helicopter hovering over his unrecognized village, which is not connected to water, electricity, and sewage infrastructure.</p><p>And a call from Abu Yair [Netanyahu], and a call from President Herzog, and Noa Tishby will surely make a video in polished English, a Greater Israel necklace around her neck. And news presenters are excited and crying, Nir Dvori wipes away a tear. Even on Channel 14, which supports raping Palestinian prisoners, they're excited.</p><p>Am I exaggerating? Am I unable to believe that the joy of the people of Israel over the release of Bedouin hostages is genuine and sincere? True, they call Bedouins "those Swedes," and true, the state steals their lands, and doesn't connect them to basic infrastructure, and true that mainly near Bedouin settlement areas in the Negev there is no Iron Dome (not that there is in other Arab cities and villages), and true that some call to Judaize the Negev, and true that since the beginning of the war house demolitions in unrecognized villages in the Negev haven't stopped (unrecognized by Jews, not by Bedouins). But maybe there's a more tangible indication than just racism, deliberate lack of investment and attempts at erasure? Thanks for asking. Posts in English.</p><p>Yes, the posts about the Bedouin hostage are written in English. Why in English specifically? Correct, because they're intended for the antisemitic world. For all those who want "from the river to the sea," for all those who shout "apartheid" all day. Look, see the people of Israel, the state of Israel, the army of Israel, how we freed an Arab Muslim hostage from Hamas captivity. What will you say now? Wait, we don't understand, what do 40,000 dead in Gaza have to do with this?</p><p>Hebrew <a href="https://www.haaretz.co.il/opinions/2024-08-29/ty-article-opinion/.premium/00000191-999a-dd8c-addd-b9fe59760000" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">haaretz.co.il/opinions/2024-08</span><span class="invisible">-29/ty-article-opinion/.premium/00000191-999a-dd8c-addd-b9fe59760000</span></a> or <a href="https://archive.is/0BARR" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.is/0BARR</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention">@<span>israel</span></a></span> <br /><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraelWarcrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IsraelWarcrimes</span></a> <br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraelOccupation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IsraelOccupation</span></a> <br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hasbarah" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hasbarah</span></a></p>
oatmeal<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>US</span></a> / Israel Secretly Targets U.S. Lawmakers With Influence Campaign on Gaza War</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NYT" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NYT</span></a>'s Sheera Frenkel reveals a covert influence campaign orchestrated by Israel's Ministry of Diaspora Affairs to sway American public opinion and U.S. lawmakers on the Gaza war. The campaign, which began in October, used fake social media accounts, artificial intelligence-powered chatbots, and fake news sites to promote pro-Israel messaging.</p><p>Key Findings:</p><p>1. Israel's Ministry of Diaspora Affairs commissioned the operation: The ministry allocated approximately $2 million to the campaign and hired Stoic, a political marketing firm in Tel Aviv, to carry it out.</p><p>2. Fake social media accounts and AI-generated posts: The campaign used hundreds of fake accounts on X, Facebook, and Instagram, posing as real Americans, to post pro-Israel comments. ChatGPT, an AI-powered chatbot, was used to generate many of the posts.</p><p>3. Targeting U.S. lawmakers, particularly Black Democrats: The campaign focused on over a dozen members of Congress, including Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Senator Raphael Warnock, and Representative Ritchie Torres, with posts urging them to continue funding Israel's military.</p><p>[...] The campaign focused on more than a dozen members of Congress, including Representative Ritchie Torres, left, and Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader.</p><p>4. Creation of fake news sites: The campaign created three fake English-language news sites featuring pro-Israel articles, which were then promoted on social media platforms.</p><p>[...] The campaign also created three fake news sites with names like Non-Agenda and UnFold Magazine, which stole and rewrote material from outlets including CNN and The Wall Street Journal to promote Israel’s stance during the war, according to FakeReporter’s analysis. Fake accounts on Reddit then linked to the articles on the so-called news sites to help promote them.</p><p>5. Sloppy execution: The operation was criticized for its sloppy execution, with profile pictures not matching fictional personas and stilted language used in posts.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/05/technology/israel-campaign-gaza-social-media.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/06/05/technol</span><span class="invisible">ogy/israel-campaign-gaza-social-media.html</span></a> or <a href="https://archive.ph/tQ7Um" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/tQ7Um</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention">@<span>israel</span></a></span> <br /><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraelWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IsraelWarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraelOccupation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IsraelOccupation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hasbarah" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hasbarah</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/STOIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>STOIC</span></a></p>
oatmeal<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Israel</span></a> / How Israel Mastered Information Warfare in Gaza – Foreign Policy</p><p>Some might still perceive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hasbarah" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hasbarah</span></a> (public diplomacy, explaining, or "welcoming") as having a positive connotation, distinct from outright propaganda. However, this has never truly been the case. In reality, it is far more insidious than one might assume.</p><p>Israel's extensive use of information warfare tactics during its barbaric war on Gaza has four-pronged strategy, leveraging social media:</p><p>1. Emphasizing the horror of the October 7th Hamas attack to justify retaliation (included distributing graphic images and videos through paid advertising campaigns targeted at Western audiences.)</p><p>2. Discrediting pro-Palestinian voices and narratives while justifying Israel's bombing of Gaza (included labeling criticism as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antisemitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>antisemitic</span></a>, using dehumanizing language about Palestinians, falsely accusing media/aid workers of ties to Hamas, and lobbying for content takedowns.)</p><p>3. Limiting information flow out of Gaza by targeting communication infrastructure, killing journalists, internet blackouts and restricting media access. See <a href="https://kolektiva.social/@oatmeal/112530223958477111" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kolektiva.social/@oatmeal/1125</span><span class="invisible">30223958477111</span></a></p><p>4. Rallying Israeli public support by promoting its military's destruction of Gaza targets and purported victories over Hamas through psychological warfare campaigns.</p><p>[…] In a polarized social media space, every fact has become contested. It seems that for every investigation into an Israeli airstrike or a firefight, there is an alternative framing of events. When an Israeli airstrike most probably hit a convoy of civilians fleeing on an evacuation route, hundreds of pro-Israel users and accounts pretending they were open source investigators worked to shift the focus to videos of an unrelated side-road explosion for which they blamed Hamas. One such tweet was viewed more than 1.1 million times.</p><p><a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/03/11/israel-gaza-hamas-netanyahu-warfare-misinformation" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">foreignpolicy.com/2024/03/11/i</span><span class="invisible">srael-gaza-hamas-netanyahu-warfare-misinformation</span></a> or <a href="https://archive.is/DWdWY" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.is/DWdWY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention">@<span>israel</span></a></span> <br /><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraelWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IsraelWarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForeignPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ForeignPolicy</span></a></p><p>* edit: typo</p>
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