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Source: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/israel-is-losing-the-narrative-war
Smartphones Are Handing Victory to the Losers of War
(Spectator-UK) David Patrikarakos - In the military battle in Gaza in May, Hamas fired rockets, Israel fired back; Hamas targeted Israeli cities; Israel bombed buildings in which Hamas hides and stores weapons. But there is a wider battle raging about narratives. In the age of the smartphone, wars are fought under almost total video coverage. Every bombed house and dead man, women and child in Gaza is seen globally. It doesn't matter that dead civilians are a staple of every war. It doesn't matter that in previous wars that killed even more children and destroyed even more cities, you couldn't see it. Now you can. It is this, and not the rockets, which most threatens Israel, because it affects the narrative war. Lose that fight and you might lose the political cover and military cooperation that come with it.