Israel Student Union Set Up “War Room” to Sell Gaza Massacre on Facebook = “Organized lying” and Propaganda
Students at the IDC Herzliya “war room,” focus on posting propaganda justifying Israel’s attack on Gaza on Facebook.
As the death toll from Israel’s savage bombardment of Gaza continues to climb, Israel has once again turned to students to sell the slaughter online.
“Although they haven’t been called up to the army yet, they’ve decided to enlist in a civilian mission that is no less important – Israeli propaganda [hasbara],” Ynet’s Hebrew edition reported a massive initiative organized by the Israeli student union at a prestigious private university.
Hasbara war room = “explaining” = Term used in Israel for government propaganda aimed at overseas audiences = message is Israel has the right to defend itself from rocks and old 1970s Scuds by MURDERING 700 PALESTINIANS.
The leader “Bar David was a captain in the Israel Defense Forces, serving in the office of the military spokesman’s unit.” = Propaganda Unit
Of the 700+ Murdered Palestinians 80% are civilians, according to the United Nations. A thousand Palestinian homes have been LEVELED into rubble + numerous mosques, schools, hospitals, shops, businesses and charities hsve been attacked.
400 zealous students sit at computers from day one of the bombing in an “Advocacy Room” or “Hasbara war room” spreading propaganda and lies for government pay. Herzliya student union has a history of working on government-funded propaganda schemes, where students are recruited as the country’s “pretty face.” A “covert” Israeli government initiative pays students for spreading propaganda online. = Told to “Look like they are unofficial, just every day people chatting online.” “But in fact, these are campaigns of organized lying, orchestrated with government-approved talking points and crowdsourced volunteers and stipend recipients.” Working in 30 languages, the students target online forums including so called “anti-Israel” pages on Facebook and comments sections of online media. They even have a graphic designer for their lies and propaganda. One shows how KIND ISRAELIS are to Palestinian FREEDOM FIGHTERS = LOL IN FRONT OF A CAMERA. Another absurd speculation graphic is that Palestinians ineffective 1970s scuds could be bombing downtown Berlin – But no Israelis have been killed by a Scud.
One student’s role is to sow doubt about the authenticity of photos and videos. These Israel propagandists hope that by degrading pictures they can sow doubt about Israeli atrocities committed in Gaza.
They are able with PRESSURE to PULL DOWN ENTIRE FACEBOOK PAGES = “Yesterday we managed to pull down a whole Facebook page” with 120,000 followers “after a lot of activity on our part.” In marked contrast to Facebook’s total inaction, despite complaints, to control the pervasive, raging incitement to racism and violence by Israelis on Facebook who support the slaughter of Palestinians.
The Student role in government propaganda = The Propaganda leader says, “the war room was founded as a continuation from Operation Pillar of Cloud” in Israel’s November 2012 assault on Gaza that killed 170+ people, again overwhelmingly civilians. Indeed, the effort to recruit students into government propaganda has a well-documented history, as The Electronic Intifada has reported:
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