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yardwork

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44. We are seeing the effect of pro-Hamas propaganda, which launched on October 7.
Tue Feb 6, 2024, 11:02 AM
Feb 2024

I assume you are in Israel. Here in the United States there were large, well-organized rallies on October 8 - less than 24 hours after the terrorist attacks on Israel. People gathered in public spaces and praised Hamas. There were pro-Hamas posters with drawings of paragliders. Local chapters of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), Black Lives Matter (BLM), Sunrise Coalition, and other groups immediately had very similar talking points. These talking points, memes, and images spread on TikTok, Twitter, and other platforms like wildfire. This was all advertised as spontaneous and grass roots. It was not. It was the definition of astroturf.

One of the talking points equates Israel with the US history of oppression, including our history of slavery and genocide. The complex history of the Middle East is replaced with a cartoonish simplistic story in which "white" Jews decided to "invade and occupy" Palestine, with the help of "Western capitalists," putting the "brown, beleaguered Palestinians" in "open air concentration camps" and "how can the world tolerate this atrocity." It is "genocide and ethnic cleansing."

The actual complicated messy history of the region is ignored in favor of a simplistic good guys (brown) vs. bad guys (white) narrative. Every antisemitic trope I've ever heard (and some that were new to me) is trotted out to trigger people's implicit biases (and maybe, it turns out, not so implicit after all, sadly).

As a white American woman, culturally Christian, with no Jewish heritage, I am appalled by this antisemitic talk and erasure of historical facts. People who ought to know better have allowed themselves to be hoodwinked by Russian propaganda. They need to read 1984 again.

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A diplomatic and correct assessment harumph Feb 2024 #1
Kick & Rec JustAnotherGen Feb 2024 #2
Yes! betsuni Feb 2024 #4
K&R betsuni Feb 2024 #3
K&R LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2024 #5
Finally! Deep State Witch Feb 2024 #6
KnR Mosby Feb 2024 #7
"The people of Gaza are paying the price for Hamas's stupidity." Cha Feb 2024 #8
🕯️🕊️🇮🇱💙 Cha Feb 2024 #9
K&R berniesandersmittens Feb 2024 #10
Hmm. It's quiet around here * Oopsie Daisy Feb 2024 #11
It's a HARD Truth and Thankfully Cha Feb 2024 #13
I got em. TheKentuckian Feb 2024 #14
Scary! Oopsie Daisy Feb 2024 #15
There's always something Cha Feb 2024 #16
And to use the "opportunity" to shit on Biden, tar Biden, blame Biden * Oopsie Daisy Feb 2024 #17
Yes & who's Cha Feb 2024 #19
Stop calling them Hamas BannonsLiver Feb 2024 #21
Thanks to Okasha for saying the quiet part out loud. sheshe2 Feb 2024 #12
This Is Flat Fact, Sir The Magistrate Feb 2024 #18
"Hamas corrupted the Palestinian cause" mcar Feb 2024 #20
. "Umm Ahmad, who, like most people interviewed for this story, gave only her nickname for safety reasons" Cha Feb 2024 #22
Hamas probably thought they'd be safe in their tunnels... brush Feb 2024 #28
The death of civilian Palestinians is part of Hamas' strategy Arazi Feb 2024 #29
Rec.. TY Cha Feb 2024 #30
Whatever Hamas' strategy is it won't work. Why even... brush Feb 2024 #31
Hopefully we will .... Israeli Feb 2024 #37
I think the truth is grimmer than that. yardwork Feb 2024 #39
Yes...exactly. PCIntern Feb 2024 #23
Well, as witnessed here, an Israeli didn't even have to say shit for people to blame Israel. Behind the Aegis Feb 2024 #35
Things will never change Israeli Feb 2024 #38
Al Jazeera's propaganda-like spin certainly hasn't helped. lapucelle Feb 2024 #24
Okay.. That's some Fucked up world class Cha Feb 2024 #25
Al Jazeera also frames the conflict as "Israel's War on Gaza" when Israel is at war with HAMAS. N/T lapucelle Feb 2024 #26
Bunch of Gaslit UP LIARS. Cha Feb 2024 #27
Civilians (including women, babies, etc) should not be forced to 'pay a price' radius777 Feb 2024 #32
When the terrorists are forcing people, including women, babies, etc., to pay the price, Beastly Boy Feb 2024 #33
The IDF is intentionally targeting civilians, radius777 Feb 2024 #34
The IDF is not intentionally targeting civilians. Hamas is intentionally hiding behind civilians. Beastly Boy Feb 2024 #43
Framing this as brown vs white is incorrect. yardwork Feb 2024 #41
What !!! Israeli Feb 2024 #42
We are seeing the effect of pro-Hamas propaganda, which launched on October 7. yardwork Feb 2024 #44
Yes I am in Israel . Israeli Feb 2024 #46
+1 betsuni Feb 2024 #47
True statement NT Patton French Feb 2024 #36
Yes, but did you hear.... Happy Hoosier Feb 2024 #40
Kick right upstairs! Cha Feb 2024 #45
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