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(Israeli) Infowar 2023 / November |
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The IOF Spokesperson's Unit (Hebrew: דובר צה"ל, Dover Tzahal, abbr. Dotz) is a unit in the IOF Operations Directorate, responsible for information policy and media relations. The unit is led by the IOF spokesperson, a brigadier general and member of the General Staff, and by a deputy spokesperson, a colonel. Since August 2024 the spokesperson is Brig. Gen. Daniel Hagari.
It is this unit that refuses journalists to report from Gaza as allowing would undermine the practice of hasbara. |
What is hasbara? The most known explanation is the following: "You may lie if it is to defend yourself" "If you are accused, blame the victim." |
Israeli infowars are similar to Russia's infowars as both are using troll farms. However, those of the Israelis are army units. It's actually like China
The unit is also a key player in the public diplomacy efforts (hasbara) of the Israelis The 2015 IDF military doctrine highlights the strategic importance of using the power of the media; economic, legal, media, and political aspects are considered as part of the military approach as much as military combat.| DATE | DEVELOPMENT | CONTEXT | DESCRIPTION |
| 20231130 | Musk says he regrets controversial post but lashes out over fleeing advertisers' 'blackmail' | effects of Israeli infowar | Elon Musk apologized Wednesday for endorsing a social media post widely seen as anti-Semitic, but accused advertisers who are turning away from his social media platform X of "blackmail" and said anyone who does so can "go fuck yourself." |
| 20231130 | Palestine advocates decry MSNBC’s cancellation of Mehdi Hasan news show | effects of Israeli infowar | Channel president says change aims to put network in ‘better position’ for the 2024 US elections, The Hill reports. |
| 20231130 | West ‘encourages’ killing of civilians in Gaza, says father of activist shot dead by IDF | effects of Israeli infowar | Anthony Hurndall, whose son was shot by the IDF in 2003, has called on governments to challenge Israeli claims about deaths of women and children |
| 20231130 | Israel Knew Hamas’s Attack Plan More Than a Year Ago | Israeli infowar/ withholding crucial information | Israeli officials obtained Hamas’s battle plan for the Oct. 7 terrorist attack more than a year before it happened, documents, emails and interviews show. But Israeli military and intelligence officials dismissed the plan as aspirational, considering it too difficult for Hamas to carry out. |
| 20231129 | Muslims in Europe feel vulnerable to rising hostility over Israel-Gaza | effects of Israeli infowar | Jian Omar, a Berlin lawmaker of Kurdish-Syrian background, feels unprotected by police after suffering hate-filled flyers mixed with glass and faeces, a broken window and a hammer-wielding assailant since the deadly Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel. |
| 20231129 | Hamas senior official invites Elon Musk to visit Gaza | effects of Israeli infowar | A Hamas senior official invited U.S. billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday to visit the Palestinian Gaza strip to see the extent of destruction caused by the Israeli bombardment. |
| 20231129 | Musk responds to Hamas invitation to visit Gaza Strip | effects of Israeli infowar | Elon Musk has refused to visit the Gaza Strip because of the dangerous situation there following an invitation by Hamas for him to go to the enclave. |
| 20231129 | Pro-Palestine Facebook post sparks CIA warning | effects of Israeli infowar | The CIA has stressed to its officers that they should refrain from political statements on social media after one of its top officers shared a pro-Palestinian photo on Facebook. |
| 20231129 | Fact-check: Have rare anti-Hamas protests really broken out in Gaza? | effects of Israeli infowar | Numerous social media users and Israeli government accounts have claimed that anti-Hamas demonstrations had been organised in the south of Gaza - a rare and unprecedented event. |
| 20231129 | Humanitarian aid workers falsely accused of taking sides in Israel-Hamas conflict | effects of Israeli infowar | Humanitarian aid workers from Doctors Without Borders, the Red Cross and the IFRC (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies) are the latest victims of the Israel-Hamas disinformation war; their organisations have been accused of supporting either Hamas or Israel in viral videos shared online. |
| 20231129 | Israeli journalist slams army for feeding him false line about Hamas atrocity | Israeli infowar | Ishay Coen says he did not know why an officer he interviewed 'made up such a horrific' story about babies and children being hung out on washing lines |
| 20231128 | Pro-Israel demonstrator chants Nazi-era slur at protest | effects of Israeli infowar | A pro-Israel demonstrator has been filmed chanting a Nazi-era slur at Jewish people taking part in a pro-Palestine protest in London. |
| 20231128 | Watching the watchdogs: American TV, Gaza and two sides of a ceasefire | effects of Israeli infowar | American television coverage of the Gaza ceasefire and the detainee exchange between Israel and Hamas has failed to provide American audiences with the full story. |
| 20231128 | Elon Musk’s Israel trip: What was the purpose, what did he tell Netanyahu? | effects of Israeli infowar | X CEO Elon Musk, who has been accused of platforming anti-Semitic posts, visits kibbutzim attacked by Hamas. |
| 20231128 | Scaremongering on anti-Semitism | effects of Israeli infowar | The accusation of anti-Semitism made to silence any criticism of Israel constitutes a dangerous reintroduction of religion into politics. |
| 20231127 | BBC under fire for mistranslating ex-Palestinian prisoner as praising Hamas | effects of Israeli infowar | This is an X-post |
| 20231126 | Student wearing 'Allah' necklace attacked in school in Germany | effects of Israeli infowar | A 15-year-old student was attacked in a school in Germany for wearing a necklace which said “Allah,” authorities said Saturday. |
| 20231126 | Three Palestinian students shot in US in critical condition | effects of Israeli infowar | Arab civil rights group says the students were wearing keffiyehs when they were abused and shot by unidentified gunmen in Burlington, Vermont |
| 20231126 | Francesca Albanese: Western media is living in an alternate reality | effects of Israeli infowar | In recent weeks, there has been an alarmingly small number of official voices calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. One exception has been Francesca Albanese - the United Nation’s Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian territories. |
| 20231126 | Biden claims Hamas launched operation due to US diplomacy, to prevent Saudi-Israel normalization deal | effects of Israeli infowar | The United States’ president Joe Biden has claimed that the 7 October operation into Israel carried out by Palestinian resistance group Hamas was a direct result of his administration’s diplomacy in the region and with Saudi Arabia, in the latest of such speculations on the cause of the attacks. |
| 20231125 | Israel vs Hamas: Battle for narrative supremacy | effects of Israeli infowar | A propaganda battle between Israel and Hamas – different messages, different audiences. Plus, Francesca Albanese on media missteps in this war. |
| 20231124 | Why Hamas and Samidoun were banned in Germany | effects of Israeli infowar | In the wake of a ban on all activities related to Hamas and the group Samidoun, German authorities have searched numerous properties connected to suspected supporters. |
| Comment: German explanation doesn't reflect the country's history with the Israelis, and with its position as a strong supporter for the Israeli Zionist cause. | |||
| 20231124 | Facebook permitted ads calling for ‘Holocaust’ against Palestinians | effects of Israeli infowar | A series of inflammatory advertisements submitted to Facebook calling for violence and genocide against Palestinians were approved by the platform, the Intercept has revealed. |
| 20231123 | BBC journalists accuse broadcaster of bias | effects of Israeli infowar | In the latest newsroom fallout over the war, BBC journalists say the corporation is failing to humanise Palestinians. |
| 20231123 | BBC accused of censoring acts of Gaza solidarity in BAFTA awards coverage | effects of Israeli infowar | Ceasefire calls by artists during a ceremony in Scotland did not make the final cut on the BBC’s streaming service. |
| 20231118 | Genocidal incitement': Anti-Palestinian rhetoric and hate speech | effects of Israeli infowar | UN human rights experts have called on the international community to prevent genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. 36 Special Rapporteurs released a joint statement, saying there is increasing evidence of QUOTE 'genocidal incitement to destroy the Palestinian people.' |
| 20231121 | ‘Pallywood propaganda’: Pro-Israeli accounts online accuse Palestinians of staging their suffering | effects of Israeli infowar | Since Hamas carried out its deadly attack on October 7 and Israel began retaliatory military operations in Gaza, a parallel war is being fought online. A barrage of disinformation, fake news and misinformation has swarmed social media feeds. Pro-Israeli accounts on social media are using the term "Pallywood" to accuse Palestinians of faking their suffering. |
| 20231121 | EU says no Palestinian aid going to Hamas, programmes to continue | effects of Israeli infowar | UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- The European Union said on Tuesday a review of its development aid to Palestinians, ordered after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, found no evidence of funds going to the militant group and that its assistance would continue. |
| 20231121 | Urgent review of EU development aid to Palestine finds no inadvertent financing of terrorism | effects of Israeli infowar | The European Commission said on Tuesday it will proceed with payments of development aid to the Palestinian territories this month after its internal screening identified no diversion of funds to terrorist groups. |
| 20231121 | Israeli state TV video shows children singing about Gaza | Israeli infowar | “Within a year we will eliminate them all.” A video by Israel’s public broadcaster of children singing about Gaza has caused a backlash online, including among many Israelis. |
| 20231120 | Israelis claim foreign hostages held at Gaza's Shifa hospital | Israeli infowar | Israel stepped up accusations of Hamas abuses at the Gaza Strip's biggest hospital on Sunday, saying a captive soldier had been executed and two foreign hostages held at a site that has been a focus of its devastating six-week-old offensive. |
| 20231120 | Hamas: Israel 'fabricating lies' to justify its genocide | Israeli infowar | Israel “deliberately fabricated lies and false narratives” about what took place on 7 October in order to justify the genocide it is committing in Gaza “with the aim of displacing Palestinians from their land”, Hamas said in response to Israeli media reports which reveal many revellers were killed by Israeli helicopter fire. |
| 20231118 | X ad boycott gathers pace amid antisemitism storm | effects of Israeli infowar | Firms including Apple, Disney and IBM have paused advertising on X amid an antisemitism storm on the site. |
| 20231117 | Israel says it found a Hamas tunnel at al-Shifa hospital | Israeli infowar | Israel's military has said its soldiers have discovered a tunnel shaft used by Hamas militants at al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza. The Israeli military released a video of the tunnel entrance, which could not be verified, after they took control of the complex |
| 20231117 | Israel’s claims of providing incubators ‘false’, says al-Shifa director | Israeli infowar | The director of al-Shifa Hospital tells Al Jazeera that newborn babies require immediate attention, but they are running out of medical supplies. “On some occasions, we are forced to leave patients to die because we are helpless, we cannot perform any surgical operations on them, the least we can do is give them some painkillers to let those victims die in peace,” Muhammed Abu Salmiya said. He added that many newborn premature babies died as the incubators ran out of oxygen. The Israeli army said earlier this week that it would be providing incubators to al-Shifa Hospital, but Salmiya says this is a lie. “The Israeli occupation forces claim to have provided incubators to the hospital, but this is not true; this is false. In addition, we are not in need of incubators; we have already incubators in the hospital, yet we are out of fuel to generate electricity [for the incubators],” he cried. |
| Comment: We have evidence that a few incubators were brought into the hospital but found it propaganda as incubators need electricity to operate. But, the Israelis have cut the electricity. They also have cut the fuel supply needed to run the power generators. | |||
| 20231117 | The dangers of weaponising anti-Semitism | effects of Israeli infowar | Scholars and experts unpack the meaning and use of anti-Semitism during the Israel-Gaza war |
| 20231117 | The dangers of weaponising anti-Semitism (video version) | effects of Israeli infowar | As the death toll continues to rise in Gaza, some experts warn of a potential genocide. Israeli leaders have at times justified their attacks on the besieged strip by invoking the history of persecution of Jewish people, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling Hamas’s attack on October 7 “the worst act of anti-Semitic violence since the Holocaust”. How is Jewish history influencing Israel’s response in the war on Gaza? |
| 20231117 | White House condemns Musk for spreading 'hideous' antisemitic lie | effects of Israeli infowar | The White House on Friday accused Elon Musk of repeating a "hideous" antisemitic lie on his social media site X this week, calling it an "abhorrent promotion of antisemitic and racist hate" that "runs against our core values as Americans." |
| Comment: The X-post concerns this article | |||
| 20231116 | Information provided by Israeli military as evidence proven false | Israeli infowar | Since October 7, Israel's military has routinely made claims about the conflict - and later retracted them. Information provided as evidence has been proved false or wrong multiple times. |
| 20231116 | IDF says Hamas hiding evidence of use of Shifa hospital as command centre | Israeli infowar | Medical administrators in Gaza reject claim by Israeli military as ‘outlandish excuse’ |
| 20231116 | Critics reject Israeli claim al-Shifa Hospital used as Hamas command centre | Israeli infowar | Israel has long accused Hamas of using the al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza as a cover for its military operations. Israeli forces have raided the al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City for the second consecutive day, following days of encircling the largest medical facility in Gaza. They claim to have found what they call “grab bags” containing weapons and uniforms belonging to Hamas fighters. |
| 20231115 | X is failing to moderate antisemitic and islamophobic hate speech, according to a new report | effects of Israeli infowar | The non-profit organization analyzed 200 examples of reported hate speech on the platform and found that 96 per cent of the posts remained online a week later. |
| 20231114 | Israel shows alleged Hamas ‘armory’ under children’s hospital in Gaza. Local health officials dismiss the claims | Israeli infowar | The IDF invited news media to visit a medical center for children on Monday, where a spokesperson alleged parts of the basement had been a Hamas “command and control center” and may have been used to hold hostages. |
| 20231114 | "See what CNN reporter saw inside hospital basement in Gaza" | effects of Israeli infowar | CNN goes into Gaza on an embed with the Israeli army. Nic Robertson describes the destruction he witnessed, as well as the basement of a children's hospital. Israel says Hamas uses hospitals as a base, something Gaza doctors say is not true. |
| Comment:
First: this is an compiled footage. Second: he says that he entered the building five days ago. So, CNN came five days later. Third: at 5:45, you suddenly have to watch a scene showing weapons on the floor. But, you don't see the moment that they all arrived at the building, which building and where that building is. Fourth: no one is seen going into the building and being in the basement. |
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| 20231113 | Israeli army deletes post claiming ambulances, hospitals ‘legitimate targets’ | Israeli infowar | Israel’s military deleted a post on X suggesting ambulances and hospitals are “terrorist infrastructure” and “legitimate military targets”. It claimed ambulances and hospitals were used by Hamas for its fighters and its military operations. “This is against international law and turns them into legitimate military targets,” the army wrote. Diana Buttu, lawyer and former legal adviser for the Palestine Liberation Organisation, said Israel has in the past made similar allegations but never proved them. “But even if it tries to do that, we have to bear in mind what Israel is trying to do is commit genocide against Palestinians and it has to be stopped now,” she said. |
| 20231112 | Isaac Herzog challenged on air strikes and says Mein Kampf found on Hamas fighter | Israeli infowar | Israel's president Isaac Herzog says a copy of Hitler's book Mein Kampf was found on the body of a Hamas operative at a base they were using in northern Gaza. |
| 20231111 | HonestReporting accepts news groups had no prior warning of Oct. 7 Hamas attack | media / Israeli | The executive director of Israeli media advocacy group HonestReporting said on Friday he accepted as "adequate" statements by four media organisations that they had no previous knowledge of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, adding he was "so relieved". |
| Comment: Reuters denies any suggestion it had prior knowledge of Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel | |||
| 20231111 | Israelis in fear and denial as society slides towards fascism | effect of own infowar | Palestinian students, academics, doctors, and dissenting Jewish Israelis are among those caught up in an escalating wave of repression |
| 20231110 | Netanyahu says not seeking to ‘occupy’ Gaza but ‘demilitarise’ it | Israeli infowar | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country does not intend to “occupy” or govern Gaza after the end of its war with Hamas, but the enclave must be “demilitarised, deradicalised and rebuilt”. |
| 20231109 | Israel berates New York Times, CNN, Reuters, AP over Hamas attack photographers | Israeli infowar | Israel accuses foreign media of having forewarning of Hamas’ attacks through freelance photographers in Gaza. |
| 20231109 | Reuters denies any suggestion it had prior knowledge of Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel | Israeli infowar | Reuters denied on Thursday suggestions by media advocacy group HonestReporting that it and other international news organisations had prior knowledge of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israeli civilians and soldiers. |
| 20231108 | Israel's military spokesperson says Hamas has lost control in northern Gaza | Israeli infowar | UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM: Hamas has lost control of northern Gaza as thousands of residents have moved south, Israel's military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said in a televised briefing on Wednesday. |
| 20231108 | Investigation disproves Israel claim of Hamas tunnel under Gaza hospital | Israeli infowar | Sanad, Al Jazeera’s digital investigation agency, has disproved the latest claim by Israeli authorities that there is a tunnel for Hamas fighters under the Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Hospital for Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Hospital, commonly known as the Qatari Hospital. |
| 20231105 | Netanyahu suspends Israeli minister over Gaza nuclear comment | Israeli infowar | Netanyahu on Sunday disciplined a junior member of his cabinet who appeared to voice openness to the idea of Israel carrying out a nuclear strike on Gaza, where the war with Hamas is inflicting a spiralling Palestinian civilian toll. |
| 20231105 | Netanyahu reprimands Israeli minister over Gaza ‘nuclear option’ comment | Israeli infowar | The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has disciplined a junior member of his cabinet who appeared to voice openness to the idea of Israel carrying out a nuclear strike on Gaza. |
| 20231104 | Israel admits airstrike on ambulance near hospital that witnesses say killed and wounded dozens | effects of Israeli infowar | Israel has claimed responsibility for an attack on an ambulance outside Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest medical facility in the enclave, which witnesses say killed and wounded dozens of people. |
| 20231104 | ‘An existential threat’: Antisemitic attacks soar across Europe amid Israel-Hamas war | Zionism / EU | “This takes us back to the darkest times,” Chief Rabbi Jaron Engelmayer told CNN, as he surveyed piles of destroyed holy books in a blackened and burnt out ceremonial hall. |
| 20231104 | French police hunt suspect in stabbing of Jewish woman | effects of Israeli infowar | Police were hunting for a man who stabbed and wounded a Jewish woman in the French city of Lyon on Saturday, while a swastika was found graffitied at her home, police and the city's mayor said. |
| 20231104 | French Jewish woman stabbed in her home in France’s Lyon, police hunts suspect | effects of Israeli infowar | Police were hunting for a man who stabbed and wounded a Jewish woman in the French city of Lyon on Saturday, while a swastika was found graffitied at her home, police and the city's mayor said. |