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These threads are always fun. The mental gymnastics of the Israeli "splainers" will never fail to amaze me. Israelsplainers perhaps. I want to say that it's j
by karim79 4mo ago
These threads are always fun.
The mental gymnastics of the Israeli "splainers" will never fail to amaze me. Israelsplainers perhaps.
I want to say that it's just Netanyahu who needs to go away but it's actually much, much more than just him. The tide is shifting methinks and rightly so (and finally).
- bigyabai 4mo ago> Israelsplainers perhaps The Israeli wumao: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbara https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbara Hasbara has no direct English translation, but roughly means "explaining". It is a communicative strategy that "seeks to explain actions, whether or not they are justified". [...] In its 2025 budget, Israel planned to spend $150 million on hasbara, a 20-fold increase. In the 2026 budget, NIS 2.35 billion (about $730 million) has been allocated to hasbara.
- karim79 4mo agoI appreciate the comment and I'm well aware and fully clued up on the history of Hasbara and the rest. I actually thought the word "Hasbara" was closer to "explanation". Close enough lexically I guess. I just find this really depressing and I hope that there will be an end in sight. The happenings of right now is the stuff of horror novels. But still, it is fucking disturbing shit which somehow has a place in the world.
- karim79 4mo agoI mean 730 million isn't a lot, right? It's all good all safe. 730 million dollars. Which could solve hunger in parts of Africa. But let's just use it to protect our image.
- gib444 4mo agoHow convenient using a term that can't/won't be translated to "propa ganda" . How meta lol. That page is probably the most perfect demonstration of any concept which exists on Wikipedia
- sph 4mo agoIf one wants to see them in blatant action, just head to Reddit's /r/worldnews