Anonymous threatens Israel with 'electronic Holocaust' in response 'to crimes in the Palestinian territories'
- Cyber activist group has released a video threatening attacks on Israel
- Warns there will be an 'electronic Holocaust' on Israeli websites on April 7
- Means attack is planned for one week before Holocaust Remembrance Day
- Video is subtitled in Arabic and appears to have been posted online by a group calling themselves 'Anonymous Arab'
Published:
16:33 GMT, 30 March 2015
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Updated:
16:35 GMT, 30 March 2015
The
cyber activist group Anonymous has issued a chilling video statement
threatening Israel with an 'electronic Holocaust' in response to what it
calls 'crimes in the Palestinian territories'.
The
clip is edited in the style of a television news report and features a
masked and suited individual sitting behind a desk and reading from a
pre-prepared script as he declares plans for a massive cyber attack on
April 7 - one week before Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Declaring
Palestinians youths a 'symbol of freedom', Anonymous says it will take
down 'servers, government websites, Israeli military websites, and
Israeli institutions' in a move that will 'erase [Israel] from
cyberspace in our electronic Holocaust'.
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Chilling: The clip is edited in the
style of a television news report and features a masked and suited
individual sitting behind a desk and reading from a pre-prepared script
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Propaganda: The footage includes
numerous clips of Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu sitting at a desk
surrounded by advisers, as well as still images from the Gaza conflict,
including air strikes
Haunting:
Most of the images - which include shots of injured children and their
grief stricken parents - were filmed during fighting the region last
year
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Footage: The video is
subtitled in Arabic and the description posted on the YouTube page
suggests it has been uploaded by a group calling themselves 'Anonymous
Arab'
The
video is narrated in an electronic voice, suggesting software has
either been used either to conceal the identity of the person speaking,
to translate it from another language into English, or possibly both.
'We
are coming back to punish you again, for your crimes in the Palestinian
territories, as we do every year on 7 April, All we see is continuous
aggression, bombing, killing and kidnapping of the Palestinian people,
as in the last war against Gaza in 2014,' the voice in the video says.
'Our
message to the foolish Benjamin Netanyahu and all leaders in the Zionist
entities, we will continue to electronically attack until the people of
Palestine are free,' it adds.
'A
message to the youth of Palestine, you are a symbol of freedom,
resistance and hope: we are with you and will continue to defend you,'
the voice goes on to say.
The
video is subtitled in Arabic and the description posted on the YouTube
page suggests it has been uploaded by a group calling themselves
'Anonymous Arab'. They also post a link to a Facebook page of a group
by the same name.
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A Palestinian protester is pushed to the floor by Israeli border police during a protest in the West Bank today
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A protester holds up a Palestinian flag during demonstrations marking Land Day in Hawara this afternoon
The
footage includes numerous clips of Netanyahu sitting at a desk
surrounded by advisers, as well as still images from the Gaza conflict,
including air strikes.
Most
of the images - which include shots of injured children and their
grief stricken parents - were filmed during fighting the region last
year.
Previous
targets of the hacker group's operations have been websites of the
Israeli prime minister's office, the IDF, the Bank of Israel and the
Embassy of Israel to the United States.
Speaking to Newsweek,
Benjamin T. Decker, a senior intelligence analyst at Tel Aviv-based
risk consultancy The Levantine Group, said it is not the first time
Anonymous has issued such a threat - adding that it happens every year,
with Israel able to limit the impact further each time.
'For
the most part, this is posturing. This is actually the fourth year that
Anonymous has carried out this Op Israel attack and called on their
supporters to erase Israel from the internet,' he said.
'As
the years have progressed we have seen that, despite their increasing
sophistication in hacking techniques, we have seen less damage against
Israeli cyber infrastructures, largely due to Israel's pioneering of
most cyber warfare tactics, both offensive and defensive,' Mr Decker
added.
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An Israeli border policeman detains a Palestinian protester during clashes in Hawara near Nablus today
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Palestinians react to stun grenades fired by Israeli border policeman during clashes in the West Bank today
The
video threatens Israel with an 'electronic Holocaust' on April 7 - just
one week before Holocaust Remembrance Day, known in Israel as Yom
HaShoah.
The
event is observed as Israel's day of commemoration for the
approximately six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust as a result
of the actions carried out by Nazi Germany.
News
of Anonymous threat comes as a Jerusalem district court indicted a
Palestinian from east Jerusalem on charges of traveling to Syria to join
the Islamic State terrorist group.
The
Shin Bet security service says Khalil Khalil, born in 1990, had joined a
gym at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem to physically prepare for the
mission.
The
agency says he told his family he was going on a religious pilgrimage
to Mecca, but instead, he and a friend flew to Istanbul in January and
then traveled to a safe house in southern Turkey. From there, smugglers
brought them to Syria.
Khalil returned after a few weeks and was later arrested by the Shin Bet.
It says about 40 Palestinians and Arab-Israeli citizens have gone to fight with militants in Syria.
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Israeli Border Police pepper spray a
Palestinian man as they evacuate protesters from the main road during a
demonstration marking Land Day in the West Bank village of Howara near
Nablus City earlier today
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Palestinian protesters argue with an Israeli border guard during clashes in the West Bank earlier today
Earlier
today former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was convicted of
unlawfully accepting money from a U.S. supporter in a retrial on
corruption charges, the latest chapter in the downfall of a man who only
years earlier hoped to lead the country to a historic peace agreement
with the Palestinians.
The
conviction could land Olmert five years in prison, in addition to a
six-year prison sentence he received last year in a separate bribery
conviction, all but ensuring the former premier will not return to
politics for many years to come.
'His
behavior constitutes a breach of trust which harms the public, harms
morality, and harms the public's trust, in how he behaved corruptly,'
prosecutor Uri Korev said following the verdict.
Olmert's
lawyers said they would likely appeal the ruling by the Jerusalem
District Court. A sentencing hearing is slated to take place in May.
Olmert
has claimed he was on the brink of a historic agreement with the
Palestinians when he was forced to resign in early 2009 amid corruption
allegations. His departure cleared the way for hard-liner Benjamin
Netanyahu's election, and subsequent peace efforts have not succeeded.
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