Cyber War and Resistance

In the past couple of years, the use of the internet and social media platforms has emerged in a very powerful way. The latter is a strong and free tool given to the people to share their voices and opinion upon multiple topics. For example, Palestinians were able to cope with their territorial fragmentation through the internet. The following was a way to communicate with others, share updates on political status and actions. What was really beneficial is that the use of the internet was a weapon to the people, Palestinians were able to gain their citizens’ attention by uploading what was really happening. Palestinian resistance remains a nationwide freedom movement demonstrated in various forms of political manners. These forms include both violent and nonviolent means of shaping global opinion as well as civil rebellion. While being faced with multiple limitations, Palestinians were able to face them, for example, there is widespread awareness among Palestinians that their internet use is under surveillance. Their eyes were always wide open, ready to post and share anything to show their people how badly they are mistreated. For example, by the platform of Youtube, they can share clips of soldiers’ mistreatment. Palestinians would create Facebook groups and Youtube posts that are related to their revolution, to motivate their people, show them that they all have something in common. One should never underestimate the power of media. How strongly it can affect someone. I will share a very simple example, a series called “La Casa de Papel” motivated many people to protest and make their voices heard, the series is an act of rebellion against a capitalist system. And lately in the most recent revolutions, one can see how people used costumes, music and labels from the series, media can really affect and motivate people. That is why Palestinians have used the internet, it is a fast and free way to share thoughts and let the news spread worldwide and might even reach for help and gain liberation. It could be from any sort of media form like podcasts, radio stations, posts, and images.