I left Daily Kos in 2007 for a while because of the crap that was being done to Gaza & the editorial & community moderation response to the people speaking out about it. I wrote a very ambiguous diary about it then.
At the time, writers I loved were being banned left and right because they became embroiled in endless flame wars with a legion of defenders of Israeli actions - most of whom were getting their talking points from listservs like GIYUS. This also spilled into the real world, with people who actually knew each other slandering each other on the site. It was serious ugly.
The site administration was not helpful. At one point, there was a front page diary suggesting that anyone without history on the site that repeatedly took a pro-palestinian view might be banned outright. I've tried to find that diary via google, but don't have enough time to search through all of the shit from 2007. If anyone remembers it, it was written by Hunter. It all revolved around a number of both Palestinian and Israeli activists who were trying to combat the horrid news coverage in the states - which also extended to Daily Kos at the time.
Eight years later, here we are again. I'm heartened by the fact that the community here has begun to reject the propaganda. That the majority on this site now seem to understand the slow motion genocide that has been happening in the occupied territories for almost 50 years.
And while the site administration hasn't really commented on the ongoing, I think the fact that there haven't been mass bannings over the latest Israeli atrocity on the occupied territories is a sign that they've finally seen the light.
... I hope.