In a video statement, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu called the growing MAGA conspiracy a ‘monstrous big lie.’

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    1 month ago

    Watching Israel cosy up to the far right is like watching someone free themselves from a bear trap, reset it, and start running straight at it again

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    1 month ago

    Makes sense, they’re reaching the point where it’s more efficient to list the people they haven’t killed.

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    1 month ago

    He left behind a wife and two kids. That’s how we know Israel didn’t do it.

    Stolen from here

    BTW, Netanyahu having to deal with actual antisemites peddling conspiracy theories sounds a lot like the boy who cried wolf

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      1 month ago

      Being against isreal is not bigotry so save your actual bias for someone that can be trusted to be honest abput it.

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      I hope that people aren’t really taking this too seriously as a reason to suspect Israel. There was a LOT of chatter saying that they killed him, by the Nazis of course. A dominant narrative on /pol/ is basically that Kirk got in bed with the Jews and now he’s paid the price for trusting them.

      From the standpoint of your average left-leaning person, Israel making a statement like this seems completely out of the blue and makes them look really guilty. But there’s a whole demographic of people who really think that they did it. I don’t think it’s too unreasonable that they would make a statement about it. And let me be clear. I absolutely hate Israel with all my heart. But there are plenty of events in this world that they are not responsible for.

      More importantly, this seems dangerously close to reasoning like: “You wouldn’t defend yourself against these accusations unless they were actually true!” Which is definitely not a good bar to set.

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        A dominant narrative on /pol/ is basically that Kirk got in bed with the Jews and now he’s paid the price for trusting them.

        Do things ever go any other way over there? 🙄

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      1 month ago

      I feel like I would suspect them less if they hadn’t said anything. Most of Israel’s formal statements regarding allegations of Israeli violence are lies, so what would make this statement different?

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    1 month ago

    well coming from such a genuine stand up kind of guy who never does evil things. no sir. yeah I can totally trust this is true.