Using Cyberspace to sway Public Opinion

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"Israel backed by army of cyber-soldiers"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0%2C%2C174-2289232%2C00.html

The Times, July 28, 2006

From Yonit Farago in Jerusalem

WHILE Israel fights Hezbollah with tanks and aircraft, its supporters are campaigning on the internet.

Israel’s Government has thrown its weight behind efforts by supporters to counter what it believes to be negative bias and a tide of pro-Arab propaganda. The Foreign Ministry has ordered trainee diplomats to track websites and chatrooms so that networks of US and European groups with hundreds of thousands of Jewish activists can place supportive messages.

In the past week nearly 5,000 members of the World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS) have downloaded special “megaphone” software that alerts them to anti-Israeli chatrooms or internet polls to enable them to post contrary viewpoints. A student team in Jerusalem combs the web in a host of different languages to flag the sites so that those who have signed up can influence an opinion survey or the course of a debate...

...“We’re saying to these people that if Israel is being bashed, don’t ignore it, change it,” Mr Cline said. “A poll like CNN’s takes just a few seconds to vote in, but if thousands take part the outcome will be changed. What’s vital is that the international face of the conflict is balanced.”

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0%2C%2C174-2289232%2C00.html

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1. YOU can "help" too!

http://www.giyus.org/

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2. Gee, that couldn't possibly happen here?

Would anyone be so bold as to come forward and reveal yourself? We'll give you a few minutes to mull it over.