December 30th 2008
(Some) IDF Battle Videos On YouTube
T
he Israeli Defense Forces are learning from the media-savvy Palestinians – they’ve created their own page on YouTube – IDF Spokesperson’s Unit – and filled it with videos showing the pin-point accuracy of their attacks and their targeting of terrorists. Here’s video of the destruction of Hamas’ HQ:
And in a deft PR move, here’s a clip of an Israeli aid shipment to Gaza:
Unfortunately, the most popular clip – on that shows Hamas as the terrorists they are, and worthy of attack – was removed by YouTube. Here’s Noah Pollak at Consensus:
[Showing] Israeli humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza and airstrikes that prevented terrorists from firing rockets at Israeli civilians … was apparently too much for YouTube, which moments ago removed several videos from the IDF’s channel, including the most-watched video, which showed a group of Hamas goons being blown up in an air strike as they loaded Katyusha missiles onto a truck. The point of such footage, as if it needed to be said, is not to revel in violence — it is to show the legitimacy of Israeli self-defense.
The rank double-standard that YouTube has applied to Israel is disturbing. YouTube hosts all manner of similar footage — much of it far more gory than the grainy infrared images posted by the IDF — of U.S. air strikes. Why is YouTube capitulating to those who do not wish for Israel to be able to tell its side of the story?
Why indeed?
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