Media watchdog organization Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting notes:
The conventional corporate media timelines usually stress, whatever the facts, that Israel is responding to violent attacks by Palestinians.
For example, the New York Times and other mainstream media claim Israel only responds after “persistent Palestinian rocket fire”, which is false. FAIR documented this occurring numerous times over the past decade.
Of course, Israeli service men are not the only ones engaged in pro-Israeli social media efforts. As we’ve noted for years, Israel has employed its civilians to automatically vote stories questioning Israel down and to send pro-Israel letters to politicians and media (see this, this and this).
Indeed, Israeli prime minister Netanyahu publicly thanked Israel’s keyboard warriors for battling on social media for the cause:
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