A University of Haifa researcher, Dr. Yaniv Levyatan, has published a study showing that Iran already has launched an “organized information explosion” against Israel, using anti-Israel animated films and computer games. Levyatan writes that “Hizbullah and Hamas are Tehran’s ‘front line’ in this war, [and their aim, among others] is to push Israel into a disproportional response in an attempt to portray the IDF as ‘barbaric and ‘inhumane’ in the international media.” Levytan urges Israel to conduct a media counteroffensive in Europe.