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The Online war between the Israelis and the Palestinians
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Jan. 11th, 2009 | 03:00 pm
This article reaffirms what i have noticed on Facebook in regards to the current war in the Middle-East: Young adults from across the world will be much more involved in this conflict than any previous one, due to the dominance of the internet in our daily lives.
i have seen a number of my friends on Facebook "donate their status" to applications that broadcast the numbers of civilian casualties, missiles launched, and other war stats from this conflict.
For example, two of my Facebook friends' statuses currently read as:
" In the past 36 hours, 33 Hamas rockets hit Israel. 1 hit near a kindergarten in Ashdod city. Donate your status: http://qassamcount.com/fb "
and
" In 16 days: 888 Palestinians killed in Gaza (including 284 children and 100 women) and 4080 injured". Donate your status: http://apps.facebook.com/s
Each count is bias and only serves the purpose of making the other side seem like ruthless killers.
Maybe this is just my stance as a firm critic of anything militaristic, but by partaking in this online war, as removed citizens from this troubled region, we are only perpetuating the hate among Palestinians and Israelis, and bringing the war closer to the home front.
i believe those who "donate their status" are being used as pawns in the game of the Israeli government or Hamas. By "donating your status" you are essentially saying: "Look! our people DO have a right to kill and bomb and start wars".
This attitude will get us nowhere closer to peace in the Middle-East.
i have seen a number of my friends on Facebook "donate their status" to applications that broadcast the numbers of civilian casualties, missiles launched, and other war stats from this conflict.
For example, two of my Facebook friends' statuses currently read as:
" In the past 36 hours, 33 Hamas rockets hit Israel. 1 hit near a kindergarten in Ashdod city. Donate your status: http://qassamcount.com/fb "
and
" In 16 days: 888 Palestinians killed in Gaza (including 284 children and 100 women) and 4080 injured". Donate your status: http://apps.facebook.com/s
Each count is bias and only serves the purpose of making the other side seem like ruthless killers.
Maybe this is just my stance as a firm critic of anything militaristic, but by partaking in this online war, as removed citizens from this troubled region, we are only perpetuating the hate among Palestinians and Israelis, and bringing the war closer to the home front.
i believe those who "donate their status" are being used as pawns in the game of the Israeli government or Hamas. By "donating your status" you are essentially saying: "Look! our people DO have a right to kill and bomb and start wars".
This attitude will get us nowhere closer to peace in the Middle-East.