In Wake of HRW Apartheid Report, Israeli Propagandists Launch Global PR Offensive

Much of the online anger at the Human Rights Watch report was actually manufactured by an Israeli government-sponsored app, Act.IL, which organized supporters of the Jewish state to act in sync to create an artificial groundswell of opposition to it.

[mintpressnews.com]

{Yet much of the online anger at the report was actually manufactured by an Israeli government-sponsored app, Act.IL, which organized supporters of the Jewish state to act in sync to create an artificial groundswell of opposition to it. The app, which reportedly has a budget of over $1 million per year, instructed users to leave combative comments on Facebook, Twitter, and popular news outlets, and to like and promote others who did the same.}

In other words. What we have here is one of those public relation firms manufacturing a deceptive response and then sending out the Internet troops to manage perceptions. The century old history of Palestine and Israeli Zionism is attempted to be erased if you know it. I'll post Abby Martin's time there from 2016 below.

{Act.IL is one of the chief tools in Israel’s online public relations enterprise. The app debuted in 2017 and is part of what Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Gilad Erdan called an “Iron Dome of Truth.” “Our cell phones are the number one weapon against us,” he explained, noting that public opinion in the U.S. was beginning to turn against them. While most of the app’s nearly 20,000 users are volunteers, a core of them are paid operatives, with many students receiving scholarships as a reward for their work.}

In other words. As people discover the truth we must spread false propaganda to diminish the criminal actions. As Abby Martin clearly exposed in her latest 5 step video the other day.

{There is also an online toolkit full of folders of responses to typical questions and issues that arise. Users can, for instance, go to the BDS folder to find stock replies to their arguments. Or they can go to a specific folder to find articles, images and videos they can use to demonize Hamas.}

Have I ever mentioned false repetitive rhetoric? Of course I have. This is the thing elections are highly made of that lead to glorified politicians and news anchors. False narratives about dissenting countries. You're being bombarded by them daily on social medias.

{In a time of heightened awareness about foreign government interference online, it is particularly surprising that these operations can be openly carried out across virtually every major platform. Big tech companies like Twitter, YouTube and Facebook are constantly deleting tens of thousands of Russian, Chinese, Iranian and Cuban accounts belonging to what they claim are organized, state-sponsored disinformation campaigns.}

Lets not forget some of my favorite sources either.

{In an effort to gauge the legality of its operations, MintPress reached out to Facebook, YouTube, Quora, and other big platforms used by Act.IL. We received no response from any of them. While this is particularly noteworthy — as these companies have teams of public relations representatives and are extremely forthright and timely with responses on other issues — it is perhaps not surprising.}

But the real enemy of information suppression, free pass. Israel owns our government, it should come as no surprise they own our social media platforms also.

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