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British Red Cross head of

Stela — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:32:42 -0400

British Red Cross head of international finance, Andy Brimelaw is visiting the Palestine Red Crescent to report on how the raised funds have been spent.
He will be twittering about his trip.
Read more www.redcross.org.uk/twitter

British Red Cross head of

Stela — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:32:00 -0400

To add to the debate, you

Adil — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:56:06 -0500

To add to the debate, you can see the live gaza footage here:

http://muslimco.com/gaza.html

Aljazeera Labs Beta Launched

ArabCrunch — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:07:14 -0500

Aljazeera Labs Beta Launched Crowdsourced Mapping Mashup For The War On Gaza:
http://arabcrunch.com/2009/01/aljazeera-labs-beta-launched-crowdsourced-...

Online Wars: Surviving DDoS Attacks

http://arabcrunch.com/2009/01/online-wars-surviving-ddos-attacks.html

Twitter sees a furious debate over Gaza

Ian Lamont — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:40:36 -0500

A furious debate between supporters and critics of Israel's actions in Gaza has sprung up on Twitter.

Two terms relating to the confict -- Gaza and #gaza -- are in Twitter's top ten "trending" topics, rivalling the surges of tweets about the Palm Pre, CES, and Obama. Just after noon on Friday, about six new tweets were tagged #gaza every minute.

Some people appeared to be using Twitter as a PR platform, highlighting "facts" or "news" to lend support to one side, or highlight the failings of the other. A new twitter account created this morning for fatt_fatima said Israel "ensured the delivery into Gaza of 6,500 tons of humanitarian aid," and accused Hamas of inciting Palestinian children to "commit a massacre." Another user, aperiozar, called attention to real-world demonstrations against Israel, and accused Israel of killing more than 300 women and children in a "Gaza massacre of civililans."

Many of the twitterers argued with each other, in the 140 characters available for each message. Others didn't take a stance, but expressed hope that the fighting would end soon.

Twitter is not the only location for online debates about the situation in Gaza. Earlier this week, a virtual Tel Aviv in Second Life emerged as a location for demonstrations for and against Israel's actions. There are also Facebook pages and groups devoted to the conflict.

Screenshot of Twitter #gaza tweets:

Sources cited, referenced, or consulted: Facebook, Twitter, Wired, The Independent, YouTube.