HaMakom Exposé: IDF Spokesperson Unit Established a Fictitious News Outlet and Ran Influence Operations During the War

Whatever happened to insufferable genocide promoter Noa Tishby, the Israeli actress who worked so hard to make the Gaza atrocities palatable to US audiences? If you suspected she was functioning as an IDF asset, you're not far off.

#HaMakom's exposé reveals that the IDF Spokesperson's Unit created a fictitious news organization called "Fact Check – Daily Content," which recruited dozens of influencers between October 2023 and December 2024:

> "87 posts were published on Instagram by influencers with hundreds of thousands of followers, including Noa Tishby, Sherry Gavati, and figures from the international Jewish community, reaching millions of viewers. Under a 'factual' guise, the influencers explained that Arabs are the true occupiers in the land... and justified why Israel's actions in Gaza do not constitute genocide, defending the military against ICC accusations in The Hague."

The operation falsely presented itself as a "non-profit organization," according to soldiers who participated, though the article does not specify whether individual influencers knew the outlet was an IDF front.

[...] "The channel was intended for an overseas audience, ostensibly objective and unconnected to Israel. But everything was videos we produced in the unit, which of course prioritized the Israeli narrative," says a soldier who participated in producing the videos. "At first I thought it was important. I wanted to present a logical angle, but then I realized we were posing as something we're not. A state spokesperson body in Israel shouldn't be running influence operations domestically while impersonating a fake entity."

Hebrew https://www.ha-makom.co.il/fake-news-idf

Watch Tishby at work... For some reason, reading this made me think of Scientology: the aggressive response to any criticism of Israel, the threats against critics, the behind-the-scenes lobbying, and the deployment of celebrities to lend credibility to the messaging. Both organizations treat critics as enemies to be neutralized rather than legitimate voices engaging in good-faith debate, and both deploy front groups to make their messaging appear independent.

#Hamas is Trying to Commit Genocide, Not Israel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZg8m4kQVdM or https://yewtu.be/watch?v=WZg8m4kQVdM

#IDF #hasbara (Israel's public diplomacy apparatus—state-sponsored efforts to shape international perception of Israel and justify its policies) #HasbaraOps #GazaGenocide #NoaTishby #Palestine #Israel

#MenschlicheSchutzschilde in #Gaza, Mai 2024.

»#Israel​ische Truppen legten einem älteren #Palästinenser in Gaza #Sprengstoff um den Hals und zwangen ihn, als menschlicher Schutzschild zu fungieren, bevor sie ihn und seine Frau töteten. Dies ergab eine Untersuchung der israelischen Nachrichtenwebsite #HaMakom. […]

Laut HaMakom entsprach die Entscheidung, den alten Mann als menschlichen Schutzschild zu benutzen einer etablierten Taktik, die als „#Moskito #Protokoll“ bezeichnet wird: israelische Soldaten befehlen Palästinensern, potenziell mit Sprengfallen versehene Orte - Häuser, Tunnel und anderes - zu betreten, bevor die israelischen Truppen nachfolgen. […]

ein anderer israelischer Soldat wies die offizielle Position der Armee zurück und erklärte gegenüber HaMakom: „das Moskito-Protokoll folgt festen Regeln, es handelt sich um eine echte Grauzone innerhalb der Armee“.«

Englisch:

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-israeli-forces-used-80-year-old-palestinian-human-shield-killing-him

#pigumin, #mekomit, #hamakom, #haoketz (where i wrote quite a few articles, and i like a lot), #haaretz etc.

a very common type of article there is one where the writer complains that the authorities don't fix an issue even though they theoretically can 🙄

a good reason #socdem has taken a fall all over the world is this: people are sick of complaining. it does nothing but make you feel powerless.

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#anarchism #DirectAction