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Netanyahu says Israel should invest in influence operations to counteract isolation | Reuters

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JERUSALEM, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Israel needs to invest heavily in "influence operations" in traditional and social media to counteract economic isolation arising from negative publicity abroad, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday.

Speaking at a Finance Ministry conference, Netanyahu said foreign investment into Israel had held up in the wake of a 12-day war against Iran in June, which he said removed an immediate threat of a nuclear-armed foe.

But in a rare acknowledgment of the isolation arising from international criticism of Israel's war in Gaza, he said Israel faced an economic threat of sanctions and other measures.

Stop doing genocide and apartheid? Nah let's just do more Russia shit.

Also highly amusing because, considering that they already do this, I'm not sure what he's trying to signal here.

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You know, this past week we saw a lot of condemnation of "political violence" from folks who can't condemn a genocide.

 

I'm not sure I have this thought completely all down, or have matured the theory enough in my mind.  But the further crushing of free speech we are seeing this week regarding Charlie Kirk feels like its a very similar thread to what happened to people criticizing the state of Israel post Oct 7.  Calling out their war crimes getting one branded as anti-zionist.  Especially before the starving children pictures took hold.  And how mainstream US media (regardless or 'right' or 'left') chose to cover (or not cover)  the genocide.  How the pro-Palestinian college protestors were treated.  Pretty sure people were fired for their beliefs regarding it all as well.  It feels like the very same mechanism and now some of the same angry liberals are angry but failing to connect the dots.  Disinformation and gaslighting are dangerous wherever they get away with it.

 

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23 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said:

Israel says 'Gaza is burning' as it launches ground assault | Reuters

Israel's doing more Nazi shit today! Taking a break from mourning Charlie Kirk, I guess.

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We're still calling this a war? To quote Animal Mother, "this isn't a war. It's a slaughter."

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Brave fellows indeed in their jets and tanks blasting the fuck out of a town filled with starving refugees.

Who would have thought that sanctions threatened two years into a genocidal attack wouldn't work? I'm sure another round of international condemnation will put an end to the starvation of tens of thousands of homeless children. Shalom!

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We're really really alarmed now, goddamn you! Really really really alarmed!

So alarmed are they that they are rolling out the word genocide as though that was the mark we had to hit before shit was bad for the civilian Gazans being bombed, shot, displaced, and starved for two years. That word has been used as a wicked semantic crutch to make everybody not feel so bad about the slaughter. It's the triple dog dare of international impotence and moral vacuity.

Has the UN pronounced it a famine yet so that the NYT and CNN can apply that word? Got to have a quote before you can declare what you see as what you see. Motherfuckers.

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Haven't seen such bravery since the German Army cleared the Warsaw Jewish ghetto! Thank merciful Jesus that our president applauds!

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NYT

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The slavery of template language:

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Fierce condemnation? Fierce? 

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Oooooooh, words like a tiger. College grad, elite newspaper writing. 

Derailing a diplomatic resolution?

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When was it ever railed to begin with? I guess in the template for armed conflict it was there from the start because, well, because laziness.

At last, the tame, cowardly NYT finds someone they quote to describe what has been self-evident for over a year. Whew!

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But oh noes! There's another side to the story! The murderers have doubts about those saying they murder. Poor NYT, varnishing truth and accuracy yet again.

But, Roma, how would we, the esteemed New York TImes, know there was famine?

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We were at DefCon Sharpest on the impotent response scale. Gentler days.

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The word famine existed long before the UN. One didn't require special dispensation to declare it. It was certainly never meant to be a word whose non-usage implies that killing hunger is not present. Picture from more than a year ago:

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Most Americans probably don't care, anyway, but the NYT and other mass outlets should present the clear picture so their readers can decide for themselves.

So many things bringing our world down. So few things being done by the powerful to stop them.

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3 hours ago, Hank Kingsley said:

The anti-Israel and anti-Netanyahu movement is really ramping up on the right as we speak. 

We are nearing a significant breaking point within MAGA, I think. 

 

 

I think bombing Qatar was overreach and Israel was foolhardy in that risk.

But the Anti-Israel conspiracy theories around Charlie Kirk are what are going to be the break. Because...people.

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4 hours ago, Vegas64 said:

I think bombing Qatar was overreach and Israel was foolhardy in that risk.

But the Anti-Israel conspiracy theories around Charlie Kirk are what are going to be the break. Because...people.

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One might have thought this was overreach.

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ETA to add this photo of Dresden:

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It's so incredibly telling how silent certain liberal posters have become on this issue, because they know their pro-genocide posting would be very poorly received, unlike the immediate aftermath of Oct. 7th. 

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I really do like Oregon.  In my internal debate of flee or stay Oregon really makes me want to stay.

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/09/oregon-lawmaker-leads-call-for-us-to-recognize-palestine-as-a-state.html

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Oregon senator leads call for U.S. to recognize Palestine as a state"
 

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Oregon Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley on Thursday introduced a resolution to recognize Palestine as a state.

The effort, also sponsored by several other Democrats, is the first of its kind in the U.S Senate, Merkley said. It calls on President Donald Trump to recognize a “demilitarized Palestinian state alongside a secure Israel.”

The resolution is unlikely to move forward in the Republican-controlled Senate, especially as Republicans have grown more skeptical of a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Merkley said he has advocated for a two-state solution to “support peace and stability across the Middle East.”

“Recognition of a Palestinian state is not only a practical step the United States can take to help build a future where Palestinians and Israelis can live in freedom, dignity, and security, but it is the right thing to do,” Merkley wrote in a news release. “America has a responsibility to lead, and the time to act is now.”

The move comes just days before a meeting of world leaders where heads of several Western countries, including Britain and Canada, are expected to formally recognize Palestinian statehood, Reuters reported. Nearly 150 of the 193 members of the United Nations have already recognized Palestinian statehood, most of them decades ago. The United Nations General Assembly last week endorsed a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine.

America is among the countries that doesn’t recognize Palestine statehood. Trump said in England on Thursday that he disagrees with Britain’s plan to recognize Palestine statehood, according to media reports.

A State Department spokesperson said on social media that the United Nations’ push for a two-state solution is an “ill-advised stunt that will further embolden Hamas and undermine our serious diplomatic efforts to end the war.”

Merkley’s resolution calls on Hamas to end a “campaign of terrorism” and to release the remaining hostages taken during its Oct. 7, 2023, attack. It also tells Israel to “take immediate steps to end the war in Gaza and surge humanitarian aid into the territory.”

Merkley and Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat, visited Israel and the Gaza border in August and co-authored a report that blames America for being complicit in a plan by the Israeli government to “ethnically cleanse Gaza of Palestinians.”

“The most viable way to create some light at the end of the very dark tunnel in the Middle East, and assure security and self-determination for Israelis and Palestinians alike, is a two-state solution,” Van Hollen wrote in a statement included in Merkley’s news release. “Given that the (Benjamin) Netanyahu government has obstructed that goal and the Trump administration has abandoned it, the Congress must make its position clear.”

 



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