"A new poll found that the only demographic with a positive view of Israel and PM Benjamin Netanyahu in the US right now is Republicans over the age of 50."
~ Marcie Jones
#Netanyahu #Israel #Palestinians #Gaza #Iran #Lebanon #war
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"A new poll found that the only demographic with a positive view of Israel and PM Benjamin Netanyahu in the US right now is Republicans over the age of 50."
~ Marcie Jones
#Netanyahu #Israel #Palestinians #Gaza #Iran #Lebanon #war
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"A sign in Tel Aviv. All eyes on Hungary tonight."
~ Yonathan Touval
#Netanyahu #Israel #Palestinians #Gaza #Iran #Lebanon #war #Orbán #Hungary
/2
https://xcancel.com/Yonatan_Touval/status/2043396883716952352#m
Peter Beinart explains why he thinks that it's impossible to understand Trump-Netanyahu's attack on Iran without looking at longstanding policy of Israel and the US towards the Palestinians.
#Netanyahu #Israel #Palestinians #Gaza #Iran #Lebanon #war
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"A permanent war orientation runs deep in Israel’s political class, government and opposition, security establishment, new-right elite and media. This thinking, however, carries tremendous potential for overreach and blowback; it is a danger for Israel itself and something the region will not accept."
~ Daniel Levy
#Netanyahu #Israel #Palestinians #Gaza #Iran #Lebanon #war
/4
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/13/benjamin-netanyahu-middle-east-greater-israel
"In the long list of postwar challenges, deterring and containing this project of Greater Israel dominion might be among the most important."
#Netanyahu #Israel #Palestinians #Gaza #Iran #Lebanon #war
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"How do we talk about the reality of Netanyahu’s influence on US policy, foreign and domestic, without appearing to be motivated by the same fear and paranoia that’s animating America First, which is to say, how do we talk about Israel without sounding like we believe in a 'Jewish conspiracy against the United States'?"
~ John Stoehr
#Netanyahu #Trump #Israel #MAGA
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https://www.editorialboard.com/how-do-liberals-talk-about-israel-without-sounding-like-maga/
Awareness of who funds Netanyahu and Trump is critical.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/25/us/politics/miriam-adelson-trump-israel.html
https://www.newarab.com/news/pro-israel-mogul-wants-west-bank-annexed-after-trump-donation
https://www.businessinsider.com/which-billionaires-support-donald-trump-campaign
Miriam Adelson was promised a war in exchange for buying a 3rd term for Trump.
https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/05/05/the-billionaires-around-trump/
https://readsludge.com/2024/07/16/trumps-latest-major-donors-revealed-2/
…the only demographic with a positive view of Israel and PM Benjamin Netanyahu in the US…
I really want to understand what subtle cognitive trap has so thoroughly ensnared those folks that they still hold that position.
I'm sure "authoritarian followerism" describes it broadly, but just... how.