New IDF unit to fight enemies on Facebook, Twitter

This is exactly what Iranian regime has set to do. They are preparing "Internet" units to fight the opposition. This is crazy. What happened to the freedom of expression? At least Iran is not shy about their oppressive measures but why Israel. I have lost my respect for them. The government should not get involved in these matters. What's next? Whoever say anything remotely in contrast to the Israeli government is taken away and interrogated? Fascism is on the rise.

Hahaha, your hasbara has evolved, hasn't it? There is some funny saying: even wise Solomon won't pour water out of an empty vase. Twitching like worms won't do you any good - Twitter, Facebook, ANY other website - you have nothing to sell to the public.

During the Cast Lead opperation Siri Lanka killed several times more people, when fighing the Tamil Tigers Terror Group. Most of the news aggencies gave just footnotes about it while Israel was receiveng all the critiscim by defending itself. Israel really needs better Hasbara!

447. The Mission found corroboration of these witness accounts in a number of reports from international NGOs. In reports issued following Israel?s military operations in Gaza, Amnesty International, the International Crisis Group and Human Rights Watch each determined that the rocket units of the Palestinian armed groups operated from within populated areas.303 Human Rights Watch and the International Crisis Group gathered reports from civilians about instances in which armed groups had launched or had attempted to launch rockets near residential areas. Human Rights Watch quoted a resident of northern Gaza as stating that, on 1 January 2009, residents of the area prevented Palestinian fighters, who they believed were preparing to launch rockets, from entering a garden next to the building in which they lived.304 The International Crisis Group interviewed a resident of Beit Lahia who stated that fighters used his land to fire rockets, which he did not dare to resist, as his f

Israel should use their influence as a country at facebook to prevent facebook from closing numerous pro Israel pages representing blogs and others shortly after they open. After all the owners are Jewish and have visited Israel on occasion

More Hasbara? Please, the world is fed up with your tired and misleading talking points. Better just end occupation.

Why don't we restrict wars to the internet once and for all? Make it a global policy for resolving disputes. A nice harmless way of channeling the brutality that seems to be an ineradicable feature of human nature.

I was wondering about how much of our tax money it's going to cost. How about teaching it already in schools? Making it a bagrut subject? Hell, why not a university course? A professional blogger degree (PBBA or PBMA). Er, it started a year ago you say? Youtubes of Cast Lead? Maybe the technique should be reviewed first. From the flak we're taking from all and sundry, it doesn't seem to have worked too well last year. Yours sincerely, A Totally Unprofessional Blogger (TUB).

From Hamas and the Gazan populations. NOW THATS RELIABLE TESTOMONIES DUDE! Dont insult our intelligence. We are tolerant, open people here in Israel (look how we let you write your blubber), but not idiots! Just go to one of 3423423 youtube videos showing Hamas operating from homes and school and repeat this nonese again.

....ethnic cleansing, genocide and land grabbing but have no such appetite for making peace. All this proves is that Israel has more and more to try to defend but the people of our world are no longer fooled. We all see what Israel does.

There are many Israeli riches who need their sons return home alive to take over management of their whealth Therefore there must be some such secure places for Richmen's children to serve in IDF They will be far from dangers of Hizbullah fighters, they will sit all day in fron of a PC and play video games and do a few Job as Online war!!! Are you rich enough to send your son to this Online war games department?

They are, and have been doing some amazing work in this realm. The IDF should contact them.

There are social networking sites in Asia, particularly in Malaysia and Indonesia devoted to spreading anti-Semitic propaganda. One such popular blog site is Che Dat run by former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahatir Mohammad. In order to try to overt resolution of discriminatory advantages that his Administration supported to level the playing field between Malays who are Muslims versus the Chinese and Indian Malaysians, Mahatir diverts attention of domestic unrest by whipping up anti-Jewish/Israeli propaganda of the worst sorts, hoping issues of religious discrimination -- illegal closing of Christian churches and Indian temples -- will go away. Unless, the IDF starts to look at anti-Semitism from a more global perspective (and stop being so Euro-or American-centric) Israel has little chance of winning friends and influencing others. Israel's future is more in growth economies of Asia than on the corrupt West.

There seems to be a number of people on the internet that have neither a connection nor any knowledge of the conflict but yet who have an irresitable compulsion to tell lies demonizing Israel. Is lying about Israel also merely "anti-zionism"? Why shouldn't Israel respond to the endeless libel on the internet?

as human shields being aware of arab mentality. Civilians are all considered by hamas to be part of the struggle with Israel. Any possible civilian opposition will be considered treason, leading to...

There is so much to do on Facebook, the largest social network in the world! We've been doing it for a very long time and it seems neverending... Results though are gratifying!

No, Mark, pp. 135-151 of the Goldstone report deal with matters like deliberate Israeli shelling of UN premises and use of white phosphorous, as well as the total incredibility of the Israeli "investigation". But if you look on p. 12 you find: "From the information available to it, the Mission found no evidence to suggest that Palestinian armed groups either directed civilians to areas where attacks were being launched or forced civilians to remain within the vicinity of the attacks. The reports received by the Mission suggest ... that the Palestinian armed groups did not at all times adequately distinguish themselves from the civilian population among whom the hostilities were being conducted."

The goldstone report doesn't "state quite clearly that there is no evidence that HAMAS used civilians as human shields." Read page 135-151 for their findings on this and related issues.

So some here are upset that Israel will respond to the many lies spread by the Israel haters? As always any Israeli response is condemned by the usual suspects. The fact is the web has been used successfully to spread false information about Israel as we see here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_B1H-1opys Here: http://www.aish.com/v/50574432.html Now remember the fabricated Jenin massacre or the faked Gaza beach incident. Really there are just so many staged, fabricated and exaggerated stories it will take a team to respond them all. By contrast nobody has ever shown Israel to be involved in such a dis-information campaign. All you get from the Israel haters is a story here or there where something was attempted to be covered up...similar to the Tillman case here in the U.S....but nothing like the videos I just supplied you with, where stories are faked for PR sympathy.

So some here are upset that Israel will respond to the many lies spread by the Israel haters? As always any Israeli response is condemned by the usual suspects. The fact fact is the web has been used successfully to spread false information about Israel as we see here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_B1H-1opys Here: http://www.aish.com/v/50574432.html Now remember the fabricated Jenin massacre or the faked Gaza beach incident. Really there are just so many staged, fabricated and exaggerated stories it will take a team to respond them all. By contrast nobody has ever shown Israel to be involved in such a dis-information campaign. All you get from the Israel haters is a story here or there where something was attempted to be covered up...similar to the Tillman case here in the U.S....but nothing like the videos I just supplied you with, where stories are faked for PR sympathy.

Hi Meo I dont quite know where you are coming from and I can only talk from a viewpoint of a bystander who has actualy servred in the IDF in the "territories". I know that there is no way that an Israeli soldier would shoot or kill innoscent bystanders, it would not fit with our morals - No matter what our political or racial beliefs. We are trained to prevent colateral casualties and the few occasions that this occurs are purely and regretably accidental. Indeed the IDF, during the Gaza campain actualy phoned the mobiles of people whose homes may have been near to military occurances to ask them to leave temporarily. There are numerous proven cases of Hizbolah and Hamas fighters physicaly preventing local residents from leaving their houses because, hidden underneath them,in cellars and vaults, here weapons slicks. Even paradeding variouous "dead" youth and women in front of the press who were subsequently used on other occasions, as if they have a troop of actors for the purpose

the Saudi's have benn financing a huge media and internet campaign against Israeli and jewish interests for years. They attempt to diminish and evaporate any Jewish historical discovery or gain whilst exagerating and magnifying the influence of anything remotely associated with Islam. Why shouldn't Israel have an organised response?

At the time Sabra and Chatila occured Israel was the occupying power in Lebanon, and the Lebanese Christian militias were Israeli proxies armed and paid by Israel. The Geneva Convention states quiet clearly Israel responsibility to the civilian population. Incidentally The Goldstone Report states quite clearly that there is no evidence that HAMAS used civilians as human shields. The point is the form of warfare used by the IDF in one of the most crowded places on Planet Earth was guaranteed to cause massive civilian casualties. Which it did. The fact that Israel has refused to investigate the allegations contained in the Goldstone Report shows the disdain Israel has for civilised behaviour. Resorting to defending Israeli actions by pointing a finger and saying they do it to doesn't absolve Israel of responsibility for it's actions. Which can no longer be hidden thanks to the Internet and 24 hour news. A media company in the IDF will not change that

hands by refusing to condemn the use of human shields by Hamas and Hezbollah.Those people were sacrificed for your PR needs,you needed dead bodies to demonize Israel and they delivered them by using people as human shields. What a co-operation Chris!I won't even say usual Shame on you because you don't care anyway.... Sabra and Shatila??Israel can have indirect involvement,but did not do the killing.It is good to see your "outrage" when innocent people are killed,what about the Shatila and Burj-el Barajneh massacre in May 1985? Or October 1990, when Syrian forces overran Christian-controlled areas of Lebanon? I know,I know those massacres don't count because you are specialized on Israel's crimes...

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will still have to counter is the photographs of children with their heads and legs blown off, the graffiti, the looting, the war crimes as listed within the Goldstone Report that Israel refuses to aknowledge or investigate even though we saw them live on the 24 hour news networks. The world has changed from the days of Menachem Begin and Ariel Sharon. Israel can no longer kill civilians with impunity. Setting up a media company within the IDF will not change peoples abhorrence at the actions of the IDF in places like Sabra and Chatila, Gaza and South Lebanon.

ha ha, it's so obvious you live in Alaska

IDF TO SET UP NEW UNIT TO COMBAT TRUTH-TELLING ON TWITTER. Twitter is so cool. News instantly. News suppressed in USA, especially Israel's treatment of Palestinians.

From the IDF Cast Lead videos I have found Comments are not allowed. WHY? What is the IDF afraid of. Sure there will be a host of negative comments, but this will be a perfect opportunity to answer those comments. I not that what giving ones point of view is all about. So once more Israels counter propaganda machine is going into a dead end.

If the IDF needs help with this, please let me know: I'd love to be a part of it!!!

1000 dead civilians isn't why the world is mad at Israel for cast lead, it must have been insufficient Hasbara keyboard commandos! If only the internet people had seen the 1000 dead from the IDF perspective, they would understand the need for innocents to die!