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07 Apr 2013, 7:42 am

Scratch Anonymous up on the list of anti semites? :scratch:

http://rt.com/news/opisrael-anonymous-f ... rning-448/

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Hacktivist group Anonymous has launched a second massive cyber attack against Israel, dubbed #OpIsrael. Israel declared there haven’t been any major disruptions so far.

Anonymous threatened to "disrupt and erase Israel from cyberspace" in protest over its mistreatment of Palestinians.


Dozens of Israeli websites were unavailable as of early Sunday, with one of the latest being the Israeli Ministry of Defense online page, according to Anonymous on Twitter.


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07 Apr 2013, 8:09 am

thomas81 wrote:
Scratch Anonymous up on the list of anti semites? :scratch:

http://rt.com/news/opisrael-anonymous-f ... rning-448/

RT wrote:
Hacktivist group Anonymous has launched a second massive cyber attack against Israel, dubbed #OpIsrael. Israel declared there haven’t been any major disruptions so far.

Anonymous threatened to "disrupt and erase Israel from cyberspace" in protest over its mistreatment of Palestinians.


Dozens of Israeli websites were unavailable as of early Sunday, with one of the latest being the Israeli Ministry of Defense online page, according to Anonymous on Twitter.


Just to clarify, this isn't necessarily anti-Semitic since the attack seems to be against Israeli governmental policy, not against Jewish people.

You can make a valid argument that the Israeli government is doing some pretty awful things to the Palestinians without implicating Jews in particular. Obviously not all Jews support the Israeli government. Your suggestion that this is anti-Semitic would be like saying that criticizing the American government for enslaving Africans and killing native Americans is anti-Christian or anti-Anglo.


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07 Apr 2013, 8:13 am

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Just to clarify, this isn't necessarily anti-Semitic since the attack seems to be against Israeli governmental policy, not against Jewish people.
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Oh I know.

That was addressed as a facetious point to the "all Israeli opponents are anti Semites" brigade.


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07 Apr 2013, 8:32 am

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Scratch Anonymous up on the list of anti semites? :scratch:

Well, they *did* choose to launch a cyber-attack on Israel on.... the Israel Holocaust Memorial Day.

EDIT: Removed edit, as people replied before the edit.



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07 Apr 2013, 8:36 am

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thomas81 wrote:
Scratch Anonymous up on the list of anti semites? :scratch:

Well, they *did* choose to launch a cyber-attack on Israel on.... the Israel Holocaust Memorial Day.


Guilt by association.

Either way, anonymous are part activists, part trolls. Anything they do or say is to be taken with an extra large portion of salt. Not unlike North Korea, really.


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07 Apr 2013, 8:40 am

Dozens of Israeli websites were unavailable as of early Sunday, with one of the latest being the Israeli Ministry of Defense online page, according to Anonymous on Twitter.
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The Israeli anti-hack "macabees" do not work on Shabbat. What until Monday our time. Hint: Sampson killed lots of Phillistines (now know as Palestinians) by crashing their temple down upon their heads.

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07 Apr 2013, 8:44 am

.... But, no, Anonymous is not anti-semitic.. Anonymous is anti-zionist.
https://twitter.com/Op_Israel/statuses/ ... 6447940609

Odd timing, then...



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07 Apr 2013, 9:10 am

thomas81 wrote:
GGPViper wrote:
thomas81 wrote:
Scratch Anonymous up on the list of anti semites? :scratch:

Well, they *did* choose to launch a cyber-attack on Israel on.... the Israel Holocaust Memorial Day.

Guilt by association.

This is a faulty application of the Association fallacy. The association between the date and the attack is a deliberate strategy by Anonymous. They even acknowledged this themselves before the attack...

If I had criticized Anonymous because they were praised by Hamas for the attack (which they were) then it would be guilt by association.

Anonymous, on the other hand, could have chosen a lot of dates for their cyber-attack... but they chose Holocaust Remembrance Day... according to the Hebrew/Jewish calendar (27 Nisan), even...



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07 Apr 2013, 9:33 am

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If I had criticized Anonymous because they were praised by Hamas for the attack (which they were) then it would be guilt by association.

Anonymous, on the other hand, could have chosen a lot of dates for their cyber-attack... but they chose Holocaust Remembrance Day... according to the Hebrew/Jewish calendar (27 Nisan), even...


Yup. It's as dodgy as all hell. I think their motive is fairly transparent, to be honest.



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07 Apr 2013, 9:57 am

/\ Holocaust denial, modern style:

Holocaust denial of service.

Gotta keep up with the times...