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Israeli Defense Minister said earlier today that “Significant surprises are expected today across all arenas that will escalate the war to a new level.” And now
by epsters 6mo ago
Israeli Defense Minister said earlier today that “Significant surprises are expected today across all arenas that will escalate the war to a new level.” And now they have targeted the world's largest gas field (shared with Qatar).
Iranians have said they would retaliate against oil fields and refineries in Israel and the Gulf. But since the majority of US air defenses have been diverted in defense of Israel it looks like the gulf arab states will bear the brunt of the retaliation. It looks like they have already successfully struck targets in Saudi Arabia[1] and Qatar[2].
This is the moral hazard in action as a result of unconditional support for the rogue-state that is Israel . Israel continues to escalate since they face little of the consequences - being under the US security umbrella. It is the rest of the world that pays the price instead (apart from Russia). In a sane world we would be changing this equation such as by pulling air defense, air support, lethal aid, air tankers support, EWACs, intelligence and satellite sharing, defense away from Israel. But the Trump administration and indeed the collective west seems to be under the chokehold of the Israel lobby.
[1] - https://x.com/MenchOsint/status/2034348372346245584 https://x.com/MenchOsint/status/2034348372346245584 (alt : https://xcancel.com/MenchOsint/status/2034348372346245584 https://xcancel.com/MenchOsint/status/2034348372346245584 )
[2] - https://x.com/MenchOsint/status/2034340405060194649 https://x.com/MenchOsint/status/2034340405060194649 (alt : https://xcancel.com/MenchOsint/status/2034340405060194649 https://xcancel.com/MenchOsint/status/2034340405060194649)
- karmakurtisaani 6mo agoWe can't even get Israel out of the Eurovision song contest. Having them face any real consequences is still far away.
- dzhiurgis 6mo ago[flagged]
- fifilura 6mo agoTo me it seems legitimate to criticize ant government. Does not have to have anything to do with religion.
- epsters 6mo agoPlease don't go there. This is a deadly serious matter.
- deleted 6mo ago[deleted]
- ifwinterco 6mo agoIt's Israel's behaviour that is causing antisemitism. There is a theory that they actively want this, because it encourages people (often with significant human capital) to leave western countries and move to Israel. This is not a new thing, Theodor Herzl famously said that antisemites were zionist's best allies
- epsters 6mo agoA part of the problem is that the complicit media and politicians diverts the public's attention and energies away from relevant things like weapons-transfers, monetary flows, technology transfers, intelligence-sharing, foreign lobbying, legal and media cover for child-sex-trafficking and honeypot operations and onto minimally impactful elements like song and dance competitions.
- harambae 6mo agoPhrasing like “rogue-state that is Israel” along with an account under 90 days old really feels like something I’ve been seeing a lot of lately on HN And it’s not even that I disagree with you, but feels like some propaganda campaign.
- karim79 6mo agoInteresting. Speaking of propaganda, I'm pretty sure that most Hacker News comments are not funded by AIPAC. https://www.trackaipac.com/ https://www.trackaipac.com/
- tencentshill 6mo agoIf they control the mass media narrative as alleged, they're not doing a very good job of it.