What is ‘All eyes on Rafah’? Decoding a viral social trend on Israel’s war

An AI generated image with the text ‘All eyes on Rafah’ has been re-shared over 46 million times amid Israel’s attacks on Gaza’s Rafah. An image with the text “All eyes on Rafah” is on every other Instagram story, dominating social media discourse on Israel’s war on Gaza. Unlike real, graphic images of the war, which might be restricted or removed due to content policies, this AI-generated image could sp How have people reacted to ‘All eyes on Rafah’? “With so many Palestinian citizen journalists in Gaza risking their lives to document their realities on the ground, the AI-generated image can seem like another form of digital erasure.” palestinian journalists have been risking their lives for months to document every single massacre and instead people are reposting an ai-generated “art” that says “all eyes on rafah” and tells us nothing about what is actually happening on the ground or gives us any action items — maryam مريم🇵🇸🍁 May 28, 2024 All eyes on Rafah on your story and it’s posted by someone who hasn’t mentioned the genocide since October — haaniyah angus May 28, 2024 Some have suggested what else to post instead of re-sharing the AI-generated image. Here’s a real image to use to call awareness for ALL EYES ON RAFAH and the ongoing genocide happening in Gaza and across Palestine pic.twitter.com/XZ0ZloFAGt — 𝓵𝓫🍉 May 28, 2024 People start speaking up by reposting this image saying “ALL EYES ON RAFAH”, I hope people know that this is a long term movement, not just reposting a single no context AI image & call it done PLEASE ALSO SHARE CONTEXT ABOUT RAFAH.