The Israeli Defence Force has set up a dedicated YouTube channel
Gaza conflict mirrored online
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03 Jan 2009, Iain Thomson , V3
As Israel continues its air attacks on the Gaza Strip after repeated rocket attacks, the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) has taken the fight for hearts and minds online.
On 29 December the IDF became the first national armed force to set up a dedicated YouTube channel and the site already has nearly 10,000 subscribers.
The site shows footage of rocket attacks against Israel, weapons caches and aid trucks entering Gaza.
"We thank you for visiting us and will continue to update this site with documentation of the IDF's humane action and operational success in operation 'Cast Lead'," said the IDF Spokesperson Unit, which has also set up a blog to cover the military action.
Meanwhile, the Israeli consulate in New York has set up a Twitter feed about the crisis to solicit questions for a virtual press conference. While only a few questions were answered, others are being shown on the consulate web site.
Hamas is updating its own web site with footage from the conflict, and there are reports of hackers targeting and defacing Israeli web sites. Up to 300 web sites have reportedly been attacked.
Facebook too has seen activity on both sides of the conflict. A group known as 'I Support the Israel Defense Forces In Preventing Terror Attacks From Gaza' currently has over 30,000 supporters, while 'Sympathise with Gaza' has over 20,000.
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Israel stop acting like Nazi Germans
Half of my family---my dearest daughter---is Jewish yet I am sooo angry with Israel, I don't know what to do with myself. I HATE religion now more than ever. It does nothing at all but cause WAR. My perception: Israeli Jews think they are the chosen people and therefore they believe they are the ONLY deserving group in the world. How sad, how sick, how awful, how evil. I grew up reading books and crying about the Holocaust. I have dear, dear Jewish friends. AND guess what Israeli's? I have nothing but contempt for your government and those who agree with the Israeli gov't. JUST know this people of Israel, we in America HATE Bush and all that he has done. All those that he has committed war crimes against. IF you are REALLY the chosen people, you will stop the killing, you will stop the bombing, you will stop the killing of innocent Palestinian children. Remember, we voted for Obama because we detest BUSH and all that he stands for. We detest all of his international crimes against humanity. Our US government have been terrorists the past 8 years. You are no better than our evil empire.
Posted by lees_kreizer_goldman_mcmullen, 07 Jan 2009
strife
your god their god what a load of tripe this religion thing is,just a load of tripe treat one another as equals and we may all get on well together.
Posted by haroldbethyname, 12 Jan 2009