Hamas are the bad guys in this. Full stop.

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73. There is a coordinated effort to make people see this differently.

We need to pause to look at what has unfolded. Hamas launched a surprise attack on civilians, and immediately - within hours - the left-wing internet blew up with some curiously similar talking points and images designed to blame Israel.

I'd like to focus on just one image: the graphic of a paratrooper carrying a Palestinian flag. It appears to be a celebration in solidarity with the Hamas attack. This image appeared on a number of internet sites, seemingly at once. Yesterday it was published by a BLM chapter in Chicago. Today, it appeared on a flag at a pro-Palestinian protest at UNC-Chapel Hill. (A Jewish professor was pushed downstairs at this protest.)

Where did this image come from? Who drew it? Who disseminated it? How was a flag with this image printed so quickly?

I feel that we are being manipulated. This reminds me of 2016 when pro-Trump trolls launched an internet campaign against Hillary Clinton. This reminds me of BREXIT, when false information was spread to encourage votes for xenophobia and chaos.

I wish everybody on DU would check themselves. Are you being influenced by what you're hearing elsewhere? Could it be that you're being manipulated?