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January 3, 2009

BOTH SIDES NOW

As Israeli ground troops enter Gaza, the propaganda war has heated up as well. According to this New York Post squib, YouTube has become a "battleground": footage of the conflict and of humanitarian missions, posted by Israeli intelligence, have been reportedly removed after what the Post calls complaints from pro-Hamas or pro-Palestinian or anti-Israeli groups. Then the footage was re-posted several hours later. In the mean time, Palestinian Websites and blogs are posting their own images.

I'm reminded of the "dueling" citizen-generated videos during the Hezbollah-Israel standoff in Lebanon in 2006 - taken by young people in bomb shelters on both the Lebanese and Israeli sides of the border. Seeing the war from the perspective of those caught in the crossfire helped viewers cut through the propaganda being spun by those waging the war.

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