When you see antisemitic bots like this that spam replies to posts criticising Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people, make sure you report and block them.

(They block you after commenting so you can’t act on their post. Unless, that is, you run your own instance like I do and can suspend them.)

But wait, did I just call them antisemitic?

Why yes, conflating Zionism with being Jewish is to state that all Jews support Israel, settler colonialism, apartheid, ethnic cleansing, and genocide. Of course not all Jews are Zionist and support such inhumanity. And not all Zionists are Jews.

The only ones painting targets on Jewish backs are Zionists.

#israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #fediblock #fediverse #mastodon #zionist #bots #hasbara #spam

@aral it's ok. when you post a screenshot, other people can report the post to the originating instance

@aral this 'reply and block' harrassment is sadly extremely common and #Mastodon developers refuse to address this!

Allow reporting blocked posts · Issue #23249 · mastodon/mastodon

Pitch If an user blocks you, you should still be able to report the relevant posts, especially if they're still cached by the client. Motivation If you try to talk someone out of something then the...

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@aral
/at/clorox_twee/at/piaille/dot/fr seems to be a “hit and run” account, as there is only one reply on it when I've checked.

Also “genocide «libel»”… That requires a particularly twisted mind. And I would find that mind.

Am I right to assume that is an mind of an Israeli state propagandist?

Well…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR0DYwa_gPQ

Note the “artist” signature in the lower left.
(I kind of wish that Fediverse would have a collective checksum blacklist for files.)

IDF Propaganda App Returns

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