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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/26/fake-thinktank-israel-ai-propaganda https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/26/fake-thinktank...

locknitpicker 2mo ago
Thank you. Past HN discussions https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49337392 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49337392 (884 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49313477 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49313477 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49447600 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49447600
nickphx 2mo ago
Ah nice, the site uses nextjs/vercel and is hosted by AWS ...
- spockz 2mo ago
  Why is this significant? Many sites are setup like that.
  - mschuster91 2mo ago
    Because the pro-Palestine folks just love to drag their pet peeve into literally everything [1]. [1] https://techforpalestine.org/vercel https://techforpalestine.org/vercel
    - ChoGGi 2mo ago
      Not liking companies that support genocide is a pet peeve?
      - mschuster91 2mo ago
        It isn't even a settled question that there is a genocide. Anyway, my issue with them is that they love to derail every debate on the internet by injecting their personal gripes regarding the conflict. Sure, there are a bunch of morons on the Zionist side as well, but in general, barely anyone spams about the topic on Mamdani related news for example. In a thread about the conflict, yeah, debating the conflict is on topic. But in a thread that has zero business dealing with the conflict at all and just casually mentions a company that happens to be active in Israel? Now that is (for me) pure derailing.
        KoftaBob 2mo ago
        > It isn't even a settled question that there is a genocide. Israel themselves seem pretty settled on it: https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260902-israel-organised-and-prepared-to-remove-gaza-population-if-us-gives-green-light-katz https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260902-israel-orga...
        mschuster91 2mo ago
        That's election blathering, it's less than two months and as the Israeli (far-)right is looking for a serious defeat [1], they are trying to mobilize their respective bases. Especially the ultraorthodox crowd is going to get hit hard, the rest of Israel is extremely pissed off at them due to their insistence on not having to serve in the military. And let me be clear: all of those currently in power in Israel deserve a court trial and a lengthy prison term for incitement of racial hatred, and everyone in charge of the military and police a war crimes investigation. [1] https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/09/02/israel-s-right-threatened-with-possible-electoral-defeat-fractures-and-radicalizes_6757096_4.html https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/09/02/i...
        locknitpicker 2mo ago
        > That's election blathering Your degree if denialism is really impressive. You dismiss, the mass killings, the push to erase a nation, and you even dismiss representatives outright admitting and acknowledging doing it. Where exactly do you place the bar that would lead you to say "Yes, Israel is committing genocide".
        drop586 2mo ago
        > Where exactly do you place the bar… At the very least you’d expect the population being genocided to decline. Palestinian population growth has been exponential throughout Israel’s history (if you’re one of those who claim the “genocide” started a long time ago), and even the population of Gaza has not declined after 3 years of war (reported births are still more than reported deaths).
  - nickphx 1mo ago
    because nextjs is a bloated pile of shit.

locknitpicker 2mo ago

Thank you. Past HN discussions https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49337392 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49337392 (884 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49313477 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49313477 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49447600 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49447600

nickphx 2mo ago

Ah nice, the site uses nextjs/vercel and is hosted by AWS ...

spockz 2mo ago
Why is this significant? Many sites are setup like that.
- mschuster91 2mo ago
  Because the pro-Palestine folks just love to drag their pet peeve into literally everything [1]. [1] https://techforpalestine.org/vercel https://techforpalestine.org/vercel
  - ChoGGi 2mo ago
    Not liking companies that support genocide is a pet peeve?
    - mschuster91 2mo ago
      It isn't even a settled question that there is a genocide. Anyway, my issue with them is that they love to derail every debate on the internet by injecting their personal gripes regarding the conflict. Sure, there are a bunch of morons on the Zionist side as well, but in general, barely anyone spams about the topic on Mamdani related news for example. In a thread about the conflict, yeah, debating the conflict is on topic. But in a thread that has zero business dealing with the conflict at all and just casually mentions a company that happens to be active in Israel? Now that is (for me) pure derailing.
      - KoftaBob 2mo ago
        > It isn't even a settled question that there is a genocide. Israel themselves seem pretty settled on it: https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260902-israel-organised-and-prepared-to-remove-gaza-population-if-us-gives-green-light-katz https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260902-israel-orga...
        mschuster91 2mo ago
        That's election blathering, it's less than two months and as the Israeli (far-)right is looking for a serious defeat [1], they are trying to mobilize their respective bases. Especially the ultraorthodox crowd is going to get hit hard, the rest of Israel is extremely pissed off at them due to their insistence on not having to serve in the military. And let me be clear: all of those currently in power in Israel deserve a court trial and a lengthy prison term for incitement of racial hatred, and everyone in charge of the military and police a war crimes investigation. [1] https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/09/02/israel-s-right-threatened-with-possible-electoral-defeat-fractures-and-radicalizes_6757096_4.html https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/09/02/i...
        locknitpicker 2mo ago
        > That's election blathering Your degree if denialism is really impressive. You dismiss, the mass killings, the push to erase a nation, and you even dismiss representatives outright admitting and acknowledging doing it. Where exactly do you place the bar that would lead you to say "Yes, Israel is committing genocide".
        drop586 2mo ago
        > Where exactly do you place the bar… At the very least you’d expect the population being genocided to decline. Palestinian population growth has been exponential throughout Israel’s history (if you’re one of those who claim the “genocide” started a long time ago), and even the population of Gaza has not declined after 3 years of war (reported births are still more than reported deaths).
- nickphx 1mo ago
  because nextjs is a bloated pile of shit.