Please Pray and Tweet For Palestine on Eid

[RiazHaq]

Haq's Musings: Don't Forget to Pray and Tweet for Gaza on Eid

"Gaza is Israel's Warsaw -- a vast concentration camp that confined and blockaded Palestinians. We are witness to a slow-motion process of genocide." Professor William I. Robinson, University of California at Santa Barbara.

The "slow-motion process of genocide" in Gaza that the Jewish-American professor refers to has just accelerated in the last few weeks with relentless Israeli bombing of the civilian population with most modern and extremely lethal weaponry supplied by the United States. Over 80% of the 1000+ casualties in Gaza are civilians so far while the overwhelming majority of casualties (about 40) on the Israeli side are of Israeli soldiers.

It's not just US arms that are aiding and abetting this accelerating genocide targeting the Gaza children of Palestinians; the US mainstream media and the US politicians are active collaborators in this crime against humanity.

Fortunately, the western media, particularly the US media, now has serious competition from the rapidly growing social media. And Israel and its supporters are badly losing this war for the hearts and minds of the people of the world.


Source: Twitter


Even in the United States, in spite of the pro-Israel US mainstream media propaganda, a recent Gallup poll shows that the tech-savvy younger generation of Americans age 18-29 believes by 2:1 that "Israel's actions are unjustified".


Source: Gallup

The most popular hashtags in support of Gazans are #GazaUnderAttack and #PrayForGaza. Please do not underestimate the power of the social media. I urge you to social media battle to support Palestinians in their hour of need by tweeting with pro-Gaza hashtags #GazaUnderAttack and #PrayForGaza.

Haq's Musings: Don't Forget to Pray and Tweet for Gaza on Eid

 

[RiazHaq]

 

[VCheng]

Even in the United States, in spite of the pro-Israel US mainstream media propaganda, a recent Gallup poll shows that the tech-savvy younger generation of Americans age 18-29 believes by 2:1 that "Israel's actions are unjustified".

Yes, but it also shows, the higher the education level, the higher the support for Israel, with the same 2:1 margin in favor for those with postgraduate edumacation. Why do you think that would be Sir? Obvious, the 18-29 demographic is gullible, and unlikely to stay with these views for long.

Of course, you forgot to mention this opening paragraph:

QUOTE: "Americans are divided in their views of whether Israel's actions against the Palestinian group Hamas is "mostly justified" or "mostly unjustified," but they widely view Hamas' actions as mostly unjustified. Those results are similar to what Gallup measured 12 years ago during another period of heightened Israeli-Palestinian violence, and they are consistent with Americans' generally more positive views of the Israelis than of the Palestinians." /QUOTE

 

[RiazHaq]

Yes, but it also shows, the higher the education level, the higher the support for Israel, with the same 2:1 margin in favor for those with postgraduate edumacation. Why do you think that would be Sir? Obvious, the 18-29 demographic is gullible, and unlikely to stay with these views for long.

Of course, you forgot to mention this opening paragraph:

QUOTE: "Americans are divided in their views of whether Israel's actions against the Palestinian group Hamas is "mostly justified" or "mostly unjustified," but they widely view Hamas' actions as mostly unjustified. Those results are similar to what Gallup measured 12 years ago during another period of heightened Israeli-Palestinian violence, and they are consistent with Americans' generally more positive views of the Israelis than of the Palestinians." /QUOTE

The views of Americans reflect the sources of news and information used by various age groups. The youngest of those polled do not care much for the legacy media and ignore its pro-Israel bias. The overall figure you quote reflects the views of America's aging population.

Bottom Line: It shows the views of the youngest Americans are in sync with the rest of the world. Older Americans are out of touch with reality in the Middle East.

 

[VCheng]

The views of Americans reflect the sources of news and information used by various age groups. The youngest of those polled do not care much for the legacy media and ignore its pro-Israel bias. The overall figure you quote reflects the views of America's aging population.

Bottom Line: It shows the views of the youngest Americans are in sync with the rest of the world. Older Americans are out of touch with reality in the Middle East.

Actually, that 18-26 demographic has always been that way, whether be it the Vietnam war or Middle East. This is not as much a "new vision" change as you are making it out to be.

 

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[RiazHaq]

Actually, that 18-26 demographic has always been that way, whether be it the Vietnam war or Middle East. This is not as much a "new vision" change as you are making it out to be.

In addition to the fact that US no longer has military draft that was opposed by young Americans in 1960s, it is also a fact that Israel is very different from Vietnam. US anti-war liberals, human rights activists and US media have traditionally applied different rules to Israel than to the rest of the world. It's now beginning to change mainly due to the social media challenging the pro-Israel mainstream media.

 

[VCheng]

In addition to the fact that US no longer has military draft that was opposed by young Americans in 1960s, it is also a fact that Israel is very different from Vietnam. US anti-war liberals, human rights activists and US media have traditionally applied different rules to Israel than to the rest of the world. It's now beginning to change mainly due to the social media challenging the pro-Israel mainstream media.

How the present crisis is handled will play a large part in this war of perceptions. The power of social media is a new phenomenon and traditional media still do not know how potent it can be, as this case shows. It will be interesting to watch the situation evolve in this regard.