As Israel strikes back, fake Gaza images dominate social media

[WatermelonRat]

A significant part of any battle nowadays is waged in the media, as each sides tries to garner public support through the exploit of images and footage used to influence popular opinion.

A report by the BBC shows that Palestinian supporters are using fake images to illustrate the suffering in Gaza.

"Graphic images are being shared on social media to show how people have been affected by the renewed tensions between Israel and the Palestinians," the BBC reported.

"Over the past week the hashtag #GazaUnderAttack has been used hundreds of thousands of times, often to distribute pictures claiming to show the effects of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza."

The hashtag has received 375,000 retweets in eight days.

"A #BBCtrending investigation has found that many of these images are not from the latest conflict and not even from Gaza. Some date as far back as 2009 and others are from conflicts in Syria and Iraq," the report said.

Hamas has used this tactic in the past too. Tazpit's Anav Silverman reported in 2012 that during Operation Pillar of Defense, the militant organization used fake images of Gaza with false headlines, inciting a flurry of comments on Facebook against Israel.

The photos were of massacres that occurred in Syria the previous month, but were depicted as massacres of Gazan families by the IDF. Other such incidents reoccur persistently.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4539651,00.html

[King_David]

1. No surprise

And probably be believed too.

[shira]

2. Didn't take very long for Pallywood war porn. But I'm most surprised....

...by the BBC reporting and acknowledging Pallywood.

Shocking!

[catnhatnh]

3. You mean they would sink to posting OLD war atrocity photos...

...and labeling them as NEW??? Those ANIMALS!

[King_David]

4. Don't really understand your post,

Are you being sarcastic , clever , smart ?

[azurnoir]

5. link to actual BBC report which Ynet falsely claims places blame (it doesn't)

Over the past week the hashtag #GazaUnderAttack has been used hundreds of thousands of times, often to distribute pictures claiming to show the effects the airstrikes.

Some of the images are of the current situation in Gaza, but a #BBCtrending analysis has found that some date as far back as 2009 and others are from conflicts in Syria and Iraq.

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-28198622

Now let's ask ourselves which side recently started a web campaign claiming that a young Palestinian boy was burned alive by his own relatives for being Gay, keeping it up even after Israeli men confessed to the crime?

[King_David]

6. Do not think that BBc report changes the meme.

Nothing new, no new tricks, same old same old.

Thanks for the confirmation at your link ,always good to have multiple sources to show the pantomime .

[azurnoir]

7. which side mounted a vile web campaign against the family of a Palestinian boy burned alive?

by Israeli's claiming it was because he was Gay?

and it was Ynet who attempted to "'change the meme", by falsely claiming BBC said it was ProPalestinians who posted the photo's

[King_David]

8. Not relevant to this story of pantomime posted here.

Sorry no derailment , will not participate in your tangent.

[azurnoir]

9. again it was Ynet who falsely attempted to "change the meme" by claiming the BBC report placed blame

as far as the rest goes it's just an example of a well organized fake web campaign aimed at placing blame on those who are claimed to be Israel's enemies but I do understand that you wouldn't wish to discuss that

[King_David]

10. Thanks for posting the BBC article, it explains the pantomime here :

Graphic images are being shared on social media to show how people have been affected by the renewed tensions between Israel and the Palestinians.

Hamas has been firing rockets from Gaza into southern Israel, which has responded with airstrikes on Gaza. Several Palestinian militants have been killed and on Tuesday it was reported that at least 15 Palestinians had been injured.

Over the past week the hashtag #GazaUnderAttack has been used hundreds of thousands of times, often to distribute pictures claiming to show the effects the airstrikes.

Some of the images are of the current situation in Gaza, but a #BBCtrending analysis has found that some date as far back as 2009 and others are from conflicts in Syria and Iraq.


http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-28198622



Thanks for helping to expose this fakery.

[azurnoir]

11. and yet nothing as to whom was responsible that was Ynets false claim period

and again which side has very recently mounted a vile false web campaign against the family of the Palestinian boy who was burned to death by Israel's?

[King_David]

12. lol

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1134&pid=66502

[Scootaloo]

14. Actually Dave, those fake pictures are all false flags.

The BBC blog says "some of." Out of hundreds of thousands. All while Gaza has been taking fire from Israel.

[King_David]

15. Wouldn't be the 1st time BBC has lied about Israel

But I don't think so.

[Scootaloo]

16. Is your opinion that ALL the images on the hashtag are fake, then?

[King_David]

17. Can not be bothered to look at their lill pantomime,

It is just not that important that I go through and verify which few are not fake.

[Scootaloo]

18. I'm asking you for your opinion

Despite the fact you just clearly admitted you don't know asses from elbows since you haven't looked at the pictures at all, you obviously have formed an opinion about their veracity.

So what is that opinion, Dave? Are they all fake? 'Cause that's what i'm getting from your posts. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[King_David]

20. Nasty and personal you get when your losing an argument Scootaloo,

The BBC said :

'Some of the images are of the current situation in Gaza'


So I presume the BBC has found the vast majority to be fake.

[Scootaloo]

24. That's funny, when you lose an argument you pretend that people are getting nasty and personal.

I said you were ignorant - "can't tell asses from elbows" - on the subject, because, well... you professed ignorance:

Can not be bothered to look at their lill pantomime,

It is just not that important that I go through and verify which few are not fake.

You don't know, and you have no plans to find out, but here you are professing as if you're well-informed about it. there's actually a few different terms for that, but whatever.

Your presumption is incorrect, as I note below.

[King_David]

19. Actually the BBC says '

'Some of the images are of the current situation in Gaza'


So I presume the BBC has found the vast majority to be fake.

[Scootaloo]

21. More accurately it says this:

Some of the images are of the current situation in Gaza, but a #BBCtrending analysis has found that some date as far back as 2009 and others are from conflicts in Syria and Iraq.

In both cases, "Some" is being used as essentially "more than two" - it's a nonquantified amount.

Some of the pictures on the hashtag are undoubtedly funny cat pictures, too.

[King_David]

22. Grasping at Straws,

But no you can not save your argument.

Sorry....

[Scootaloo]

26. Direct and unedited quotes are grasping at straw now.

I'm not the one who needs to worry about saving an argument.

[azurnoir]

23. some means vast majority? well I'll be who knew

somewhere between and

[King_David]

25. Quite the opposite,

'Some of the images are of the current situation in Gaza'


Some were current ,the vast majority were fake.


Don't you just love these oops moments as in post #23 ?