Top Tweet on Gaza Proven False

March 12, 2012 11:17 by

2. A second photo tweeted Maissam Nablussi (@Nablussi), allegedly showing an aerial strike in Gaza today, was proven to have been in circulation back in 2009, completely unrelated to the current round of violence.

On March 11, Nablussi uploaded a photo to Facebook, claiming it depicted “Gaza under attack today.”

The photo was also tweeted by Gaza Youth Break Out (@GazaYBO), under the same claim.

The photo was revealed to have first appeared on various websites, including that of Reuters, in 2009, following Operation Cast Lead.

After the truth behind the image was revealed, Nablussi blocked access to the Facebook post. She has yet to retract her claim regarding yesterday’s aerial strike. Neither has GazaYBO.

This isn’t the first time people have spread false information about the IDF. Meanwhile, lies are still being tweeted throughout the web.

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  4. Following Up: Why the Radio Silence?
  5. Ambassador Demands Badawi’s Dismissal
  6. False Photo Tweet: UN Launches Inquiry
  7. Badawi’s Cold Correction

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59 Comments → “Top Tweet on Gaza Proven False”

  1. Sylvie Schapira

    4:57 pm

    Mar 29, 2012

    Lies and distortion of the truth come just as much from the British Media as they do from Arab sources. And we all know that the more a lie is repeated the more it sounds like the truth. The influential people in the BBC, The Guardian and the Independent were at university when Arab oil money was sent to British universities. Arab speakers were allowed to travel to the U.K. and spread their bigotry to the impressionable minds of British university students because of the oil-rich donations. The father of all this hate was professor Edward Said. His book ‘Orientalism’ and others was read avidly by U.K. students in the 1970′s and ’80′s. Those same students are the ones writing anti-Israel propaganda, and the BBC T.V. programme makers do the same.

    One of the lies in particular is that the Arabs living in the region are ‘Palestinian’. This makes no sense whatsoever. Firstly, it is not even an Arabic word. The Romans coined the word. And the Council of the League of Nations (pre United Nations) used the word to describe a geographical area; not a State. But the word was used later to describe the Jewish people prior to the name Israel being chosen for the new Jewish State. In fact there are Arabs on record who have testified that: ‘There is no such country (as Palestine)! Palestine is the term the Zionists invented! There is no Palestine in the Bible. Our country was for centuries part of Syria’. (Auni Bey Abdul-Hadi). The Arabs fabricated their origins following the Six-Day War. Other Arab countries were not interested in supporting their claim until they began to realise that the ‘Palestinians’ were gaining support from Leftist sympathisers in the West. It then became a mantra that could be used to demand the Right of Return of Arab refugees, and the delegitimisation of Israel. Islam is an ideology that wishes to make the entire Arab lands free of the infidel (or judenrein…).

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    • bernard van de cremer

      10:03 pm

      Apr 20, 2012

      Indeed, the Romans were so furious about the revolt of the Jews, that they decided to eradicate
      even the name Judea , Samaria e.o. and to replace it by Palestine, meaning the area on both sides of the Jordan river. One can see the oldest map of Palestine at the floor mosaic in the church of Mabada, south of Amman. Also, the whole PLO top vehemently declared in an article published by the Dutch daily TROUW in the seventies, that Jordan is also Palestine… And indeed, the Jordanian government is very anxious about that and therefore issued a decree that forbids to use the word Palestine for Jordan… But we all know better, Jordan is also part of the region Palestine and for me there is no Palestinian etnic people. Yes there are Palestinian Arabs as there Palestinian Jews and both live in the state of Israel. But Palestinian Jews are not allowed to live in the first Palestinian Arab state ( 1921) : Jordan. And Arafat himself declared: the way to Tel-Aviv goes via Amman. Well he tried in september 1970 but lost the battle.

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  2. Mr. Light-Bright

    8:35 pm

    Mar 29, 2012

    “photo was taken in 2006 by Reuters, and that the girl, initially thought to have been killed in an Israeli air strike, was injured in a car accident.”

    Diana Alzeer dismisses the claims.

    Latter Diana Alzeer “Warning/Apology: Photo I tweeted earlier which has been circulated over FB turns out to be a old photo of raja Abu Sha’ban killed in Gaza 2006″

    So.. that still sounds like a possible Israeli kill when it WASN’T! Anyways… people who perpetuate a liar such as this must be held responsible.

    And so they will be… “the road to hell is paved with good intentions”

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    • Phillip Blanton

      5:04 pm

      Apr 15, 2012

      Mr. Light Bright,

      I thought the same thing. When Diana Alzeer “apologized”…

      “Warning/Apology: Photo I tweeted earlier which has been circulated over FB turns out to be a old photo of raja Abu Sha’ban killed in Gaza 2006?

      She carefully crafted the “apology” in a way that sounds as if the little girl was still killed by an Israeli attack on Gaza; giving her plausible deniability, she can say, “Hey I apologized”, but her lying agenda was still advanced.

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  3. Pastor Ortiz

    9:14 pm

    Mar 29, 2012

    Ita and Jacko: I agree with you two, nevertheless, please, do not turn yourself into a “scorpion” or a “liar” like them. Now, I dared anybody of these “scorpions” or “liars” to find a Koran cuote or verse or truth like the “TORAH” says: Proverbs 29:12 ‘If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.” Another, Proverbs 29:10 ” The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul” One more; Proverbs 29:24 “Whosoever is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and betrayeth it not.”

    We have to get back to GOD’S BOOK, the TORAH, it gives us direction, wisdom, and the fear of THE LORD that we so much need. Not to say it gives us hope of the future. Listen to this from the TORAH, Proverbs 29:18 “Where there is no vision the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.”

    I challenge any Muslim who says he follows the Koran, find me something like I quoted above similar to those truths, and I challenge you to compare your lies, your hate and your murders and see if there is not a difference.

    Genesis 15:18 “In the same day THE LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:”

    May GOD bless ISRAEL,

    Pastor Ortiz, Sr.

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  6. [...] tuvo lugar una semana después de que activistas pro-palestinos fueron capturados difundiendo imágenes falsas, incluyendo una foto particularmente sugerente de una niña sangrando en los brazos de su [...]

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  7. Len Kurtz

    12:13 am

    Jun 21, 2012

    Actually the 2009 photo makes sense. Apparently, the debris from the explosion is still hanging in the air. it has not descended yet. I got the tip from someone who sold me swampland in the Arctic.

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  8. Sylvie Schapira

    10:40 am

    Jun 21, 2012

    Whether Muslims follow the Koran? What the ‘believers’ must do to be true Muslims is to follow in the footsteps of Muhammed. Muhammed was very explicit about the killing of the infidel; and of lying to the infidel if ‘a Muslim feels oppressed’. This is a ‘legitimate’ form of lying and is called takiyya. Let us get informed about Islam so that we can understand the culture, thinking, behaviour and goals. You cannot compare the Torah with the Koran or the Sunna. They are completely different. (Pastor Ortiz). Honour killing is also a huge part of Muhammed’s teaching. Muslims must not be ‘humiliated’. There are only 3 choices for infidels: Convert (submit) dhimmitude or die by the sword.

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