If you've got a specific elephant in mind, state what it is. Vague guessing games are tiresome. Better yet, find some HN-relevant angle on the story and post

If you've got a specific elephant in mind, state what it is. Vague guessing games are tiresome. Better yet, find some HN-relevant angle on the story and post it. HN's guidelines deprecate most (which is of course not all) mainstream news. Topics, issues, and source articles which are too broad, long, dense, or abstract ... tend not to be discussed well. Find something shorter and more specifically focused. Stories which are literally about nationalistic wars, metaphorical or very, very, very material, tend to do poorly not only at HN but anywhere online. You can submit an link with a comment of your own highlighting what you think is salient about it. And in the case of the ongoing situation in Israel and Gaza concerning Hamas, there've been at least 25 distinct submissions within the past week: "israel" (25 hits): <https://hn.algolia.com/?dateEnd=1696909371&dateRange=custom&dateStart=1695686400&page=0&prefix=true&query=israel&sort=byDate&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateEnd=1696909371&dateRange=custom&...> "hamas" (15 hits): <https://hn.algolia.com/?dateEnd=1696909371&dateRange=custom&dateStart=1695686400&page=0&prefix=true&query=hamas&sort=byDate&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateEnd=1696909371&dateRange=custom&...> "gaza" (7 hits): <https://hn.algolia.com/?dateEnd=1696909371&dateRange=custom&dateStart=1695686400&page=0&prefix=true&query=gaza&sort=byDate&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateEnd=1696909371&dateRange=custom&...> (Some overlap amongst those, though I've not counted specifically how much.)