Indonesian and Malaysian netizens, referred to as staunch supporters of Palestine, have been expressing their support in various ways, mainly through the Internet and social media.
Currently, online platforms serve because the foremost channels for expressing protests and condemnations against Israel. Not only that, but in addition they goal pro-Israel influencers.
Indonesian and Malaysian netizens actively use the Internet to spread information concerning the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, call for boycotts, counter-propaganda, and have interaction in verbal attacks on the Israeli military through comments and direct messages on social media. Indonesian netizens’ disappointment stems from their dissatisfaction with the Israeli military, often sharing content depicting their comfortable lives while Gaza is being destroyed and causing the deaths of 1000’s of Palestinian civilians.
Many Israeli soldiers proudly post their actions throughout the attacks on Gaza, even creating parody content that appears to mock the conditions of the Palestinian community.
For example, they make videos twiddling with light and water while electricity and water supplies in Gaza are disrupted, making a humiliating impression on those that lose access to those facilities.
The Israeli military’s brutal actions, corresponding to land seizures and attacks on mosques, often develop into the goal of harsh comments from Indonesian Internet users. They hunt down reports from the Israeli military and spread them on social media to impress negative public reactions.
Indonesian netizens are known for his or her harsh comments on social media and even in 2021, they’re considered among the least polite in Southeast Asia.
Nevertheless, dissatisfaction with the actions of the Israeli military continues to prompt Indonesian netizens to precise their disapproval through harsh comments and harsh messages, even prompting Israeli soldiers to dam accounts to avoid a backlash from Indonesian netizens. In an Instagram post, an Israeli soldier complained about an attack by tons of of pro-Palestinian people bombarding his profile with tens of millions of hate messages, reflecting the numerous impact of Indonesian netizens’ actions on the web world.
“Wow, listen, this is actually scary. I do not know the way, but tons of of pro-Palestinian people just attacked my profile. I get one million hate messages. It’s driving me crazy,” one Israeli soldier declared on his Instagram, as reported by the X account @Ria_eyo.
