Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-12-04 02:18:25 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: F93419BB082DC08C4D1FBDD35227627FFAF2656ECF23839584F0998856A16B29
Participant Details
Original Note:
These hostage videos are psychological warfare strategy used by Hamas.The goal is to manipulate the public into seeing Hamas as humanitarians to garner sympathy for their cause. The released hostages have since opened up about the brutality of their treatment by Hamas. https://jcpa.org/psychological-factors-and-the-hamas-war-strategy/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/keep-waving-daily-hamas-propaganda-clips-show-freed-hostages-forced-goodbyes/ https://nationalpost.com/news/world/israel-middle-east/children-taken-hostage-by-hamas-branded-with-a-burn-mark-lest-they-escape-family-says/wcm/63049c9c-4bcb-45dd-8823-b6eaa0cce03c/
All Note Details