Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene drew a rare condemnation from the top House Republican for the latest in a series of incendiary comments she has made.
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ISRAEL pioneered the troll farm: long before anyone understood the internet’s importance in swaying public opinion, it had deployed the online hasbara army to ensure that criticism of Israel, however justified and muted, would be met with hostility, attacks and counter-accusations, most often of anti-Semitism. Comprising hundreds if not thousands of official, unofficial and ‘sock-puppet’ accounts, this online army enjoyed such success that in 2013, Israel officially said it would recruit “covert units” from Israeli students and international supporters to counter critique.
These chosen many would also be rewarded with scholarships and early access to information and have been seen harassing Palestinian activists and running campaigns against those who speak out against Israel including, but not limited to, ‘doxxing’ them by revealing personal information that could be used to target them and their careers. There’s even an app for that by
Blinken Will Seek to Bolster Cease-Fire Between Israel and Hamas
The secretary of state will also use his trip to the region this week to work on humanitarian aid for Gaza but has no plans to pursue full-fledged peace talks.
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will focus on bolstering the cease-fire between Israel and the militant group Hamas in Gaza, a goal experts described as difficult in its own right.Credit.Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times
May 24, 2021Updated 2:08 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON Wading into the intractable conflict between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to the Middle East this week to try to bolster a tenuous cease-fire but he intends to steer well clear of longer-term peace talks that currently have almost zero chance of success.