Ask HN: Anyone Else Getting YT Ads from Israeli Government Advertising Agency
20 ivape 19 8/22/2025, 9:41:15 PM
When I click the ad (which is a video showing fast food restaurants servings tons of meal in Gaza, even today), it links to the following:
https://govextra.gov.il/mda/ipc/gaza
There was also an ad showing a starving child in Gaza and claiming it was false, and that the child had a genetic disease (the starving body image was apparently being used as propaganda is the implication). The YouTube link on the ad is from the Israeli ad agency.
I’m mostly lost for words. Anyone else seeing this? This shit is disgusting.
(MAYBE) The important question is , Is the information being shown CORRECT?
However I just look up definition of propaganda, and it includes phrases like "...information to present a particular viewpoint.." "...it can be correct information.." I always assume it was incorrect information. So yes the above youtube link would fit the definition of propaganda. However we do not know if it is TRUE or NOT
Even looking for other entities with same information is not good enough. In addition the world s media seems to copy information from each other.
That means most of the previous articles on this Gaza/Hamas/Israel situation would be propaganda. I've always noted the LACK of articles criticising Hamas or even mentioning Hamas role in the situation , recently and over the last 18 months too.
I realize both sides would be releasing propaganda.
Gaza journalists are said (propaganda?) to be controlled by Hamas otherwise they get threats of violence (bashings) or death from Hamas.
This all fits in with the statement/saying ....the first causality of war is truth.
Israel put Hamas in Gaza. They deliberately chose this humanitarian crisis as opposed to giving the PLO political legitimacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_support_for_Hamas
I think this is the video you may have seen.
From there you become part of the audience groups, that are chosen by advertisers targeting these interests.
Basically we’re talking WW2 level propaganda but with targeted ads.
Full disclosure:
I watch a lot of Democracy Now:
https://youtu.be/G-BLhMixwKU
I think this is the best ad I ever saw, pretty sure he breaks down somewhere in there. He speaks well about what he wanted his daughter to learn.
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Most of Si Valley is infiltrated
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Is this tech related? Are you mother Theresa?
The Middle East is a complex place.
Don't gatekeep like this. It's not your place to do it, there are still facts and worthwhile discussions to be had around them.