By Kathy Shaidle
The hugely popular video file-sharing site YouTube has changed politics, the law and society in general, in ways people are just beginning to understand. The power of YouTube, and sites like it, hasn’t escaped the attention of Muslim terrorists and their supporters. For example, Hamas recently launched a YouTube inspired site called AqsaTube (complete with a ripped off version of the American site’s red logo). Instead of the cute cat clips and stealth campaign videos you’ll find on YouTube, however, AqsaTube is “devoted entirely to propaganda and incitement,” according to the Israeli Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center. (IITIC)
In true Web 2.0 fashion, Amir Mizroch, the News Editor at The Jerusalem Post, broke this story on October 13 at his personal blog rather than in the pages of his own newspaper. He wrote:
“[AqsaTube’s] contents, like those of other Hamas websites, are a reflection of its ideology and strategy. They include videos inciting against Israel, glorifying terrorism (the “resistance”) and preaching the doctrines of radical Islam. There is also a link to Hamas’s satellite channel, Al-Aqsa TV, which increases the number of its viewers and enables it to bypass restrictions on its broadcasts...” Read more ...
The hugely popular video file-sharing site YouTube has changed politics, the law and society in general, in ways people are just beginning to understand. The power of YouTube, and sites like it, hasn’t escaped the attention of Muslim terrorists and their supporters. For example, Hamas recently launched a YouTube inspired site called AqsaTube (complete with a ripped off version of the American site’s red logo). Instead of the cute cat clips and stealth campaign videos you’ll find on YouTube, however, AqsaTube is “devoted entirely to propaganda and incitement,” according to the Israeli Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center. (IITIC)
In true Web 2.0 fashion, Amir Mizroch, the News Editor at The Jerusalem Post, broke this story on October 13 at his personal blog rather than in the pages of his own newspaper. He wrote:
“[AqsaTube’s] contents, like those of other Hamas websites, are a reflection of its ideology and strategy. They include videos inciting against Israel, glorifying terrorism (the “resistance”) and preaching the doctrines of radical Islam. There is also a link to Hamas’s satellite channel, Al-Aqsa TV, which increases the number of its viewers and enables it to bypass restrictions on its broadcasts...” Read more ...
Source: FrontPage Magazine
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