OT: Social Media Advocacy Does Work, Just Ask the Susan G. Komen Foundation

Every once in a while I get cynical and depressed and think Twitter, Blogging etc. serve as little more than a pointless exercise- an echo chamber for people who already agree (or not) about certain things. Sometimes it seems that no matter what one does or how loud one yells, so long as the monied […]

Egyptian #FlagMan Climbs Up Israeli Embassy and Removes Israeli Flag

Egyptians are pissed. After the IDF crossed the Egyptian border killing several Egyptian security forces the other day, Egyptians are demanding justice. They congregated outside the Israeli embassy by the thousands- something that would have been unheard of under Mubarak- and demanded that the Israeli Ambassador leave (he did). An Egyptian man, now being referred […]

Israel’s New Bizarre Anti-Flotilla Propaganda Video

Honestly, whoever was in charge of creating this video should be fired for about 10 different reasons. Once again, Max Blumenthal is tracking down the source of the video and it seems it was commissioned by the Israeli government.

A Blog Worth Noting: Sleepless in Gaza

I’ve come across a lot of interesting people in the blogosphere/Twittershere and I just wanted to point you in the direction of a blog by a 23-year old young man, Nader K., who lives in Gaza. It’s called “Sleepless in Gaza” with the tagline “venting can be therapeutic” and it’s basically about his life in […]

The Battle for Hearts and Minds on Twitter

Most of the information I’m getting about what’s going on with the Flotilla2 (Freedom Flotilla) is from Twitter for several reasons: 1) it’s a good way to get info. directly from people who are on the boats; 2) the U.S. mainstream media is largely ignoring the story at this point; 3) it’s nice to get […]

Israeli Government Promotes Fraudulent Flotilla Video: Let the Propaganda Begin!

If you watched the events unfold during last year’s Flotilla, then you know that the IDF engaged in an unbelievable propaganda campaign which included using doctored/edited/manufactured audio and video tapes and of course, they jammed all communications and afterwards confiscated all the cameras, phones, etc. of the participants. The most obnoxious propaganda was the claim […]

What I’ve Learned on Twitter Today

What I’ve learned on Twitter today is that by far the most hateful, rude, obnoxious people on Twitter are the hard-core Zionists. The language and values they espouse are right down there with Pinochet and a certain German circa 1935. On the other hand, the Palestinians, Jordanians, and Palestinian rights supporters of all backgrounds are […]

Operation Stop Hedy Epstein! *updated with photos*

Yesterday the State Dept. upped the ante by not only giving Israel a green light to use any means necessary to stop the Flotilla, which apparently won’t even being entering Israeli waters, but threatening prosecution of those on board under laws prohibiting giving material support to terrorists: the U.S. State Department said Friday that attempts […]

IDF on Twitter

I am constantly amazed at how the Israeli government conducts itself at times. Their propaganda campaigns are so shameless and quite honestly, immature, if such a word can be used to describe a sovereign state. While every country engages in propaganda, including the U.S., the WH, Defense Dept. and State Dept usually use Facebook, Twitter […]

Rightwing Zionism Has Appropriated the Same Tactics Once Used Against Them

A perfect example from Twitter today: Erasing people from history is exactly what fascists (ie. Nazis) have done throughout history. By claiming that the Palestinians have no claims to the land of Palestine, they are in essence rendering them invisible and unworthy of rights, land, autonomy or sovereignty. Of course, any such similar propaganda against […]

Amina, Gay Girl in Damascus is a Hoax *updated*

note: updated below Whoever perpetrated this fraud should be ashamed but somehow, I doubt they are not. For the past two weeks glbt activists, pro-democracy activists, Syrian/Egyptian/etc. human rights activists and the rest of us have been tweeting about the fate of Amina, believing that she had been dragged from her home by the Syrian […]

#Weinergate: it’s not the crotch-shot that is offensive

What more is there to say about this guy? Well, I for one find his extremist, Israel-First, anti-Palestinian, Occupation-denying views on Israel to be much more repugnant than some crotch-shot and his online shenanigans. The guy is the very definition of “AIPAC Shill.” Despite his support for single-payer health care during the health reform battles, […]