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The Jewish Internet Defense Force (JIDF) is an online grassroots organization which seeks to remove from the web hateful anti-Semitic and anti-Israel content that "clearly promotes violence and Islamic terrorism."[1] The group has focused its attention specifically on Facebook, YouTube, Google Earth, and Wikipedia. JIDF itself started as a group on Facebook entitled, "FACEBOOK: Why do you aid and abet terrorist organizations?" It aggressively mobilized its members to bring to the attention of Facebook administrators the insidious existence of over 100 Facebook groups espousing rabidly hateful, genocidal, and violent doctrines (a violation of Facebook's own terms of use), successfully leading to the closure of these groups.[2][1] When, according to the JIDF, Facebook refused to remove additional such groups, "despite thousands of user complaints over the course of eighteen months," the JIDF "[took] matters in [their] own hands." They seized control over the Facebook group "Israel is not a country! Delist it from Facebook as a country", described by the JIDF as "one of the most vile, antisemitic, pro-terrorist sites on the internet. Moreover, it was the most active hate group of all----promoting hatred, violence, murder, and genocide...."[3][4][1] In a response to an earlier version of this Wikipedia article, the JIDF emphasized that it does not protest "legitimate anti-Israel content" such as policy critiques of the state of Israel, but rather it protests doctrines denying the existence of Israel, clearly anti-Semitic content, or content which promotes violence and Islamic terrorism."[1]

Despite the fact that the JIDF fights anti-semitism, it does not fight racism among its own members. A former member of the JIDF alleges that the following conversation occured between himself and another member of the JIDF.

"(T)eaching that we are better than anyone else is exactly what the Nazis did. We may be God's chosen people, but that doesn't mean everyone else is an animal, and frankly, anyone who actually believes that non-Jews are lesser beings are no better than Nazis, and I want nothing to do with them."

The reply, which was received in a private message through facebook, was as follows.

"Comparing the Nazis superiority claim to the Torah's proof is a bit idiotic. When Rabbi Kahane was interviewed once the interviewer asked what made his assertion different from any other groups. He simply replied because the Torah say's we're right. The key difference of course which you must notice is that whereas other groups use this for some form of killing another group we never do."

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References

  1. ^ a b c d "JIDF Response to Wikipedia". Aug 5, 2008. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ "Jewish Activist Battles For Israel on Facebook". Arutz 7. April 3, 2008. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "Jewish Internet Defense Force 'seizes control' of anti-Israel Facebook group". JPost. July 30, 2008. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "Facebook: 'Anti-Semitic' group hijacked by Jewish force". The Telegraph. July 31, 2008. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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