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> While Israeli officials have no expectation of enjoying massive support online, they say the wider popular support for the Palestinian cause has been successf

> While Israeli officials have no expectation of enjoying massive support online, they say the wider popular support for the Palestinian cause has been successfully hijacked by Hamas to undermine Israel's standing in an unprecedented way. Officials say the sheer scale of content produced by Hamas and its affiliates, as well as its organic reach – especially among young Westerners – caught Israel unawares. It's not the "scale of content produced by Hamas", it's the scale of killing done by Israel. People are reacting to the actual death and destruction taking place, not just tweets. Social media is helping people see what's going on in Gaza and the West Bank directly without Israeli propaganda interfering with the message.

h2odragon 3y ago
Where's the protests demanding Egypt allow refugees entry? Or demanding the return of Hamas held hostages? One side of this conflict is being amplified in the est by the same tools that were used in other recent social agitprop events. Scan the media and decide for yourself which side that might be.
- smoothjazz 3y ago
  > Where's the protests demanding Egypt allow refugees entry? Why would Egypt aid Israel in ethnically cleansing Palestinians? People who live in Gaza belong in Gaza, or in their original homes in Israel that the Zionists forced them from during Nakba in 1948.
- bhouston 3y ago
  > Or demanding the return of Hamas held hostages? Everyone wants the hostages released. That would be amazing! The best way to achieve that has been negotiations/ceasefire. Only one hostage has been freed by the IDF in this war so far. > Where's the protests demanding Egypt allow refugees entry? You are aligned with Israeli policy: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/05/wv-israel-hamas/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/05/wv-israel-ha... The Palestinians want to stay. Israel's policy is to ethnically cleanse them, so preventing aid, starving them, destroying all buildings and then saying that they must to go Egypt makes sense. Israel should let aid into Gaza so they don't starve - read more here: https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-israels-inspection-process-is-obstructing-aid-delivery https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-israels-inspectio...
  - xenospn 3y ago
    Nah.
xenospn 3y ago
Hamas content hit social media long before Israel started its offensive.
- smoothjazz 3y ago
  The Hamas created content from Oct 7th isn't what gained widespread popular support for the Palestinian cause, it was both what Israel has done to the Palestinians but also a thousand Streisand effects kicking in as many powerful actors immediately went to war with anyone who wasn't staunchly pro-Israel. This increased general awareness of the situation pre-October 7th and things like Nakba and the previous, peaceful March of Return where Israeli snipers shot thousands of protesters.

h2odragon 3y ago

Where's the protests demanding Egypt allow refugees entry? Or demanding the return of Hamas held hostages? One side of this conflict is being amplified in the est by the same tools that were used in other recent social agitprop events. Scan the media and decide for yourself which side that might be.

smoothjazz 3y ago
> Where's the protests demanding Egypt allow refugees entry? Why would Egypt aid Israel in ethnically cleansing Palestinians? People who live in Gaza belong in Gaza, or in their original homes in Israel that the Zionists forced them from during Nakba in 1948.
bhouston 3y ago
> Or demanding the return of Hamas held hostages? Everyone wants the hostages released. That would be amazing! The best way to achieve that has been negotiations/ceasefire. Only one hostage has been freed by the IDF in this war so far. > Where's the protests demanding Egypt allow refugees entry? You are aligned with Israeli policy: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/05/wv-israel-hamas/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/05/wv-israel-ha... The Palestinians want to stay. Israel's policy is to ethnically cleanse them, so preventing aid, starving them, destroying all buildings and then saying that they must to go Egypt makes sense. Israel should let aid into Gaza so they don't starve - read more here: https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-israels-inspection-process-is-obstructing-aid-delivery https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-israels-inspectio...
- xenospn 3y ago
  Nah.

xenospn 3y ago

Hamas content hit social media long before Israel started its offensive.

smoothjazz 3y ago
The Hamas created content from Oct 7th isn't what gained widespread popular support for the Palestinian cause, it was both what Israel has done to the Palestinians but also a thousand Streisand effects kicking in as many powerful actors immediately went to war with anyone who wasn't staunchly pro-Israel. This increased general awareness of the situation pre-October 7th and things like Nakba and the previous, peaceful March of Return where Israeli snipers shot thousands of protesters.