Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Israel's Information War

The Israeli Defense Forces opened a YouTube channel to post videos of developments in the Gaza campaign. Yet it turns out that YouTube has been disabling a number of the IDF video posts, including the one below (via Israel Matzav), which shows Hamas militants loading Katyusha missiles onto a truck (and thus indicating the legitimacy of Israel's self-defense).

Here's Noah Pollack's remarks on Israel's information war:
The rank double-standard that YouTube has applied to Israel is disturbing. YouTube hosts all manner of similar footage — much of it far more gory than the grainy infrared images posted by the IDF — of U.S. air strikes. Why is YouTube capitulating to those who do not wish for Israel to be able to tell its side of the story?

UPDATE: the IDF just uploaded a new video to its channel, this one of Hamas’ headquarters going out of business. Let’s see how long it lasts. Click here to watch.
Also, in a development that is truly freaky, Hamas has hacked into the Israpundit website, and the page redirects to a grim message warning: "HAMAZ OWNED YOU." Pamela Geller has the screen capture.

To this I remind folks to never quit the fight. This week the Netherlands' left wing parties conceded that their policy of moral equivalence - which many see as contributing to a political environment conducive to the assassination of filmmaker Theo Van Gogh and to the threats and exile of Ayaan Hirsi Ali - has been a total failure. The parties have now formally renounced support for unconditional multicultural tolerance. As Bird Dog aptly points out, "Given enough time, Reality always wins in the end."
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7 comments:

  1. GayleDecember 30, 2008 at 12:43 PM

    "Hamas headquarters 'going out of business'". LOL! That's one way to put it, Donald! I hope that video stays up until my husband returns from town. I want to show it to him.

    Shame on You Tube!! Whose side are they on, anyway?

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  2. PRHDecember 30, 2008 at 1:49 PM

    You Tube, like Google, and Yahoo, are the "Retarded Arm" of Islamic Radicals and the DNC"

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  3. AmPowerBlogDecember 30, 2008 at 3:05 PM

    The Live Leak video should be up for a while, Gayle!

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  4. AmPowerBlogDecember 30, 2008 at 3:05 PM

    Thanks Pat. That sounds about right.

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  5. Bluegrass PunditDecember 31, 2008 at 7:46 AM

    Videos of IDF striking Hamas
    Here are some videos of the IDF bombing Hamas military targets. Reportedly, some of these videos have been removed from youtube.

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  6. Law and Order TeacherDecember 31, 2008 at 9:38 AM

    I hope these terrorists enjoy their face-to-face meeting with their creator. I like to think of it as a retroactive abortion.

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  7. AnonymousJanuary 6, 2009 at 5:05 PM

    Lets face it, the Isreali terrorist hit a UN school today, tomorrow they will kill more, end this information war now.

    Work on Peace and work on a real thing, a state called Palestine, something so many war mongers want to deny.

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