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Web Warfare Team Unveiled
By Jonathan Cook in Nazareth
July 22, 2009 "Information Clearing House" -- The passionate support for Israel expressed on talkback sections of websites, internet chat forums, blogs, Twitter and Facebook may not be all that it seems.
Israel?s Foreign Ministry is reported to be establishing a special undercover team of paid workers whose job it will be to surf the internet 24 hours a day spreading positive news about Israel.
Internet-savvy Israeli youngsters, mainly recent graduates and demobilized soldiers with language skills, are being recruited to pose as ordinary surfers while they provide the government?s line on the Middle East conflict.
?To all intents and purposes the internet is a theatre in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and we must be active in that theatre, otherwise we will lose,? said Ilan Shturman, who is responsible for the project.
The existence of an ?internet warfare team? came to light when it was included in this year?s Foreign Ministry budget. About 150,000 US dollars have been set aside for the first stage of development, with increased funding expected next year.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article23111.htm
By Jonathan Cook in Nazareth
July 22, 2009 "Information Clearing House" -- The passionate support for Israel expressed on talkback sections of websites, internet chat forums, blogs, Twitter and Facebook may not be all that it seems.
Israel?s Foreign Ministry is reported to be establishing a special undercover team of paid workers whose job it will be to surf the internet 24 hours a day spreading positive news about Israel.
Internet-savvy Israeli youngsters, mainly recent graduates and demobilized soldiers with language skills, are being recruited to pose as ordinary surfers while they provide the government?s line on the Middle East conflict.
?To all intents and purposes the internet is a theatre in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and we must be active in that theatre, otherwise we will lose,? said Ilan Shturman, who is responsible for the project.
The existence of an ?internet warfare team? came to light when it was included in this year?s Foreign Ministry budget. About 150,000 US dollars have been set aside for the first stage of development, with increased funding expected next year.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article23111.htm
