technology.timesonline.co.uk — As fighting rages in the Gaza Strip an unprecedented 'virtual war' is being joined in cyberspace. A furious public information battle is taking place on sites ranging from YouTube to Facebook between the Israeli state and Hamas. It is part of an attempt by Israel's political leaders to use the internet to spread their message.
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doiveoDec 31, 2008
The violence offends me regardless of the perpetrator. I don't give a f**k how many people belong to your Facebook group - neither have won the moral right to indiscriminately bomb children.
Closed AccountJan 1, 2009
"Israel’s Government has thrown its weight behind efforts by supporters to counter what it believes to be negative bias and a tide of pro-Arab propaganda. The Foreign Ministry has ordered trainee diplomats to track websites and chatrooms so that networks of US and European groups with hundreds of thousands of Jewish activists can place supportive messages."<a class="user" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article693911.ece">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle ...</a>
maxtangentJan 1, 2009
Notice that jabberingTroll doesn't mention the Israeli newspapers that have been critical of their government's actions?<a class="user" href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1050459.html">http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1050459.html</a><a class="user" href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1050706.html">http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1050706.html</a><a class="user" href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1050688.html">http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1050688.html</a>So, the question is just how much 'factual information and video' the Israeli government is posting and how much consists of half-truths and propaganda.