On July 18, independent media outlet Mondoweiss reported that an anonymous collective of tech professionals, known as Zionism Observer, had successfully led a campaign to shut down a horrific “extortion” website managed by Israeli Defense Forces for the third time since its April launch. In a remarkable and inspiring example of effective grassroots anti-Zionist activism, multiple major online hosting, domain registration and software companies were publicly pressured into purging the monstrous resource from the web. But today, it’s operational once more.
Known as Alkasheff Gaza, the website hosts a searchable database of Palestinians, along with their names, government identification numbers, addresses, places of worship, and more. It is claimed that the individuals listed spied for Hamas. This information is drawn from local municipal police files seized by IDF operatives. The resource burst into public view in May when Israeli forces rained down leaflets on Gazans featuring pictures and names of 130 purported spies and a QR code for visiting their contactable Telegram channel.
Even more sinisterly, these leaflets threatened that the IDF would publish damaging details on even more Gazans if they didn’t first call the IDF on a number included on the leaflet.
Hundreds of thousands of reports on you, the people of Gaza, have been collected…Do you want to know if you were spied on and reported? Go to the website, enter your ID number, and find out who reported you.
A “military source” told Israeli publication Haaretz that the IDF had “legal permission to engage in this extortion.”
“Collaborator with [Hamas] General Security! Have you found out if your ID number is on the website? We will soon reveal your details to everyone. You can still save yourself – call us,” the pamphlet warned. Adjacent, the photo and name of a Palestinian man featured, along with the caption, “today’s snitch.” He allegedly provided information to Hamas on an individual who frequently visited Egypt to have sexual relations with a married woman whose husband spent extended periods away from home in the Gulf States. (more...)
Zionism Observer VS IDF: the Battle to Shut Down Israel’s Toxic Website Extorting Gaza’s Civilians
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