Notorious hacktivism group Anonymous has carried a major assault on the Israeli Government, shutting down 43 of its websites.
The attack was inspired by the killing of 14-year-old Palestinian-American Orwah Hammad, who was shot by members of the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) in the village of Silwad on Friday.
Among the websites taken down via DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks were the Office of the Prime Minister, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel Securities Authority, Ministry of Industry and Trade, State of Israel Mail and Israeli Immigration, as well as that of the IDF.
“#OpOrwahHammad has officially kicked-off now, and Israeli government websites are feeling it,” the group said in a statement posted on Pastebin accompanying the list of affected websites.
“Anonymous is targeting Israeli government websites in protest of the killing of young Orwah Hammad and many Palestinians alike. The world will not stand by such brutality. Israeli Government beware for you should have Expected Us.”
Some of the affected websites appear to be operational now, but some are still offline, including the Ministry of Defence website.
Hammad was killed by an IDF expedition following several recent skirmishes in and around Jersualem following the Jewish Sukkot holiday.
He was shot in the head after reportedly throwing a Molotov Cocktail at a patrol. His death led the US State Department to call for a “speedy and transparent investigation” amid growing scrutiny of the events inside the territory.
Anonymous has hit several other government websites in the past, most notably that of the Chilean government in late 2012. This attack was carried out by a 12 year old Canadian boy, who also admitted to hacking the websites of local police and the Quebec Institute of Public Health among others.
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The media propaganda with the role to protect Israel could not continue forever in spite of what is in front of everyone’s eyes.
The consequence of this World War of Religion instigated by the Zionists should be looked over even by the same citizens of Israel.
If at first it may seem that Muslims are fighting Jews and Christians joined together soon after the next conflict will certainly be one between Christians and Jews for the Deception on 9/11 (how could anyone still believe the story of Osama bin Laden?). Without a scapegoat no media propaganda could save the Jews from a drastic change of public opinion.
Should this be the greatest gift that the citizens of Israel wish upon themselves and want to offer to the whole World?
We are still in time to put the past in a new prospective and to build a World that could welcome the next generations.
This is not mere idealism but a real possibility.
It is difficult to comprehend why the Jewish people would want to fall back in the same path that over the centuries has brought only the destruction of many innocent lives.
This seems the perfect time to change the rules of the game but if this World conflict must happen then let it be one between the old Animals versus a new Humankind.
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