The Online Ecosystem of Palestinian Terrorist Group, The Fedayeen
Image from the Palestinian Fedayeen Network: Translation: "(And He will heal the breasts of a believing people) Only the muzzles of guns speak" Bottom Line Up Front This article examines the online media ecosystem of the Palestinian Jihadist group, the Fedayeen, focussing on the content on platforms with content moderation in place. The group uses the name, Palestine Fedayeen Network in their official logo, shown below. The writing in green is the group's name and the writing in yellow is the Islamic Declaration of Faith, the Shahada, which reads "There is no god but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of God". The logo further contains two armed individuals, wearing Keffiyehs, positioned on either side of what appears to be the Dome of the Rock, an Islamic shrine at the centre of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. Keffiyehs are especially significant in the context that the group's terrorist-supportive messaging i...