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Welcome to Israeli Defense Force on the web, virtual army defending Israel in the information war.

Not all of us are Israelis, not all of are Jewish, but we have one thing in common - we love Israel and protect its good name on the web.

Unfortunately, there are many people who know literally nothing, or very little about Israel, and then they see biased news, hear those who don't like Israel, and the very last thing they hear is what we have to say. This situation has to change, and we are here to change that.

We are here to protect the civilization from hatred and ignorance and to educate those who know little about Israel, and often all that they know about it is not even true.

Israel, we stand with you. We are your web soldiers.

This is from one of my contacts in FACEBOOK. I have added quite a few people from ISRAEL because I support Israel and the horrors they face on a daily basis. I do not know nearly as much as I ought to either, and it is with a sense of shame that I don’t. I suppose I have read the news on Israel & Gaza etc, but I have been somewhat focused on what is happening in the UK & USA & Canada and more importantly, my own back yard, Australia. It is certainly a lot to take in considering I have a life away from the computer and books to read on the subject of terrorism and jihad and islam by noted authors.
Some days there is just not enough time to do all the things I would like to do and time seems to go too darn quickly.
Anyway, have a read of this and go to the links to learn a bit more. Go to the facebook groups to join the cause of supporting Israel and maybe a few others like no more child soldiers.

Contact Info
Website: http://dover.idf.il/IDF/English/

PEOPLE, YOU CAN USE THIS TEXT AND PUT IT OUT ON DIFFERENT GROUPS, INCLUDING ARAB GROUPS. JUST COPY-PASTE IT AND PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO INCLUDE MY NAME, TOO. :) I THINK THAT THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE. THANK YOU!
© Roman Yanushevsky 2009

Recent News
HAMAS TRIES TO CREATE AN IMPRESSION THAT ISRAEL IS ATTACKING CIVILIANS

Here is an interview with a leading specialist in international law Dr. Robbie Sabel, he is a former legal advisor for MFA.

- Is Israeli action in Gaza legitimate?
- Every state has the right of self-defense. That’s what Israel is doing – it is aiming only at military targets and it is acting in accordance with the rules of international law. In any war civilians are liable to be hurt. But Israel has taken extraordinary measures to limit civil casualties by sending warnings before attacking military targets, losing the element of surprise, but enabling civilians to escape from the target before the attack. Even when civilians remain deliberately in military targets, nevertheless, Israel tries to minimize civil casualties. One should add however that Hamas deliberately aims at Israeli civilian targets.

- Is Hamas action against Israel legitimate?
- According to the international law force can only be used in self-defense and only against military targets. Hamas is acting illegally in violation of both of these rules. It has been shelling Israeli civilian towns without any provocation.

- How legitimate was it to eliminate Sheikh Nizan Rayyan?
- In an armed conflict it is legitimate to target enemy military commanders but not civilian leadership. Israel has aimed its attack only against those Hamas leaders who have a command rule in military activities.

- Is it legitimate to bomb Hamas objects situated close to civilian buildings and public places like mosques and schools?
- The rule of international law states that if military target is not immune because it is placed near civilians, the attacking army must take effort to minimize the civilian casualties and to insure that any civilian casualties are proportionate to the military advantage to be gained by destroying the target.

- Is Israeli action in Gaza proportionate?
- Israel takes every possible measure to prevent disproportionate civilian casualties and in fact in many occasions has stopped military attacks in the middle when it found out that there will be heavy civilian casualties. Israel is one of the few armies in the world that uses legal advisors before attacking in order to make sure that the attack will be legal and that there will be no disproportional civilian casualties.

- Can actions undertaken by Israel in Gaza be referred as Holocaust?
- This is a pure example of propaganda. They themselves admit that 80% of the casualties have been Hamas fighters. This percentage is probably higher because the Hamas tries to create an impression that Israel is attacking civilians.

© Roman Yanushevsky 2009



PEOPLE, YOU CAN USE THIS TEXT AND PUT IT OUT ON DIFFERENT GROUPS, INCLUDING ARAB GROUPS. JUST COPY-PASTE IT AND PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO INCLUDE MY NAME, TOO. :) I THINK THAT THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE. THANK YOU!
© Roman Yanushevsky 2009


I noticed that when there are words "truth" and "Gaza" put in one sentence, usually all of it is lies about fake and imaginary Israeli atrocities. I want to change that stereotype and to start to speak up the REAL TRUTH.

Let's make it clear about what is going on in Gaza, what led to this and why it happened. Enough of lies!

Today early in the morning military operation of Israeli Defense Force against Hamas military objects in Gaza has started. A few groups were created in the Facebook that called this action a "Ghaza Holocaust". Without taking in account the moral aspect of calling anything Holocaust (people who call anything that they disagree with "Holocaust" either don't know what they are talking about, or lie) I feel that there is a need to show the truth about what is going on in Gaza today. Here is why:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=563757240#/event.php?eid=41717048004&ref=mf
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=41717048004&ref=mf

NOONE is killing Gaza people on purpose, IDF is hunting for HAMAS only and trying to do its work in a most precise way as possible trying not to hit civilian objects or people. And it did succeed to a large extent to do it. Most of the 225 dead reported by now are HAMAS officials, soldiers or policemen.

The operation has started after years of HAMAS shooting at Israeli cities like Sderot, Ashkelon and others - non-military objects. Until this morning the humanitarian supply to Gaza continued in spite of heavy rocket attacks by HAMAS in the last days. On Thursday Israeli prime minister spoke on Palestinian radio and warned once again that Israel would have to take an action if rocket assaults continue. They did. Here is the result - Israel attacks HAMAS military objects and infrastructure related to it.

Even if you don't agree with my view, just take a look at the pictures. They tell better than words.

I call to everyone who cares and for whom it is important to know the truth, spread it to all of your friends. Thank you.

Did Israel Use "Disproportionate Force" in Gaza?

Dore Gold

* Israeli population centers in southern Israel have been the target of over 4,000 rockets, as well as thousands of mortar shells, fired by Hamas and other organizations since 2001. Rocket attacks increased by 500 percent after Israel withdrew completely from the Gaza Strip in August 2005. During an informal six-month lull, some 215 rockets were launched at Israel.

* The charge that Israel uses disproportionate force keeps resurfacing whenever it has to defend its citizens from non-state terrorist organizations and the rocket attacks they perpetuate. From a purely legal perspective, Israel's current military actions in Gaza are on solid ground. According to international law, Israel is not required to calibrate its use of force precisely according to the size and range of the weaponry used against it.

* Ibrahim Barzak and Amy Teibel wrote for the Associated Press on December 28 that most of the 230 Palestinians who were reportedly killed were "security forces," and Palestinian officials said "at least 15 civilians were among the dead." The numbers reported indicate that there was no clear intent to inflict disproportionate collateral civilian casualties. What is critical from the standpoint of international law is that if the attempt has been made "to minimize civilian damage, then even a strike that causes large amounts of damage - but is directed at a target with very large military value - would be lawful."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081227/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians

* Luis Moreno-Orampo, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, explained that international humanitarian law and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court "permit belligerents to carry out proportionate attacks against military objectives, even when it is known that some civilian deaths or injuries will occur." The attack becomes a war crime when it is directed against civilians (which is precisely what Hamas does).

* After 9/11, when the Western alliance united to collectively topple the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, no one compared Afghan casualties in 2001 to the actual numbers that died from al-Qaeda's attack. There clearly is no international expectation that military losses in war should be on a one-to-one basis. To expect Israel to hold back in its use of decisive force against legitimate military targets in Gaza is to condemn it to a long war of attrition with Hamas.

for the full text see
Jerusalem Issue Brief. Institute for Contemporary Affairs founded jointly with the Wechsler Family Foundation.
Vol. 8, No. 16 28 December 2008

(The following are but a few of the links supplied but there are many links to investigate for various stories and articles of truth dispelling the propaganda, I have only included a few of the many links.. I urge you to look at the evidence supplied and judge for yourself. And please, stop being taken in by all the propaganda being put out. Christian Nanna)

IDF spokesperson:
http://idfspokesperson.com/

Israel's actions in Gaza is an act of self-defense:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMjSoUEysQ4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZxYQ5VdLC4


Blog describing personal experience what it is like to live in Sderot, very expressive!
http://sderotmovie.com/blog/

Son of Hamas leader gives glimpse into terror organization:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,475226,00.html


Children of Gaza:
http://childrenofgaza.blogspot.com/


Hamas propaganda:
http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=l2ruA5bzVoo&feature=related

Palestinian doctor lost three daughters and a niece allegedly from Israeli fire, here is what really happened:
http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/18/2327587-palestinian-doctors-daughter-may-have-pieces-of-grad-rocket-in-her-head-


Here is what is going on these days here on the facebook and here is what we resist:
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/12/online-jihadist.html
This is the main reason for creating this group.


Here is another group: "The world deserves to know the truth. Israel has the full right to defend itself"
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=51922567078&ref=mf


Virtual IDF
Global
Basic Info

Welcome to Israeli Defense Force on the web, virtual army defending Israel in the information war.

Not all of us are Israelis, not all of are Jewish, but we have one thing in common - we love Israel and protect its good name on the web.

Unfortunately, there are many people who know literally nothing, or very little about Israel, and then they see biased news, hear those who don't like Israel, and the very last thing they hear is what we have to say. This situation has to change, and we are here to change that.

We are here to protect the civilization from hatred and ignorance and to educate those who know little about Israel, and often all that they know about it is not even true.

Israel, we stand with you. We are your web soldiers.

Here are some related groups that you might want to join:

The truth about 'Ghaza Holocaust'
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=46177167562&ref=ts

The world deserves to know the truth. Israel has a full right for defense
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=51922567078&ref=mf

I Support the Israel Defense Forces In Preventing Terror Attacks From Gaza
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=69810300128

We support Zionism
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=57669457315&ref=ts

I Support Israel in the War Against Terrorism
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2208363470