@Npars01
Once upon a time, #socialmedia was mostly stupid (it still is), and mostly harmless

Then the #ArabSpring happened

#Autocracy around the world leaped to attention

13 years later, they have figured out how to coopt it with #troll farms and #plutocracy, #corruption

And now they wield it against #democracy instead

#MiddleEastWar
#GeoPol #Lebanon #Israel

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"‘The fear is unspeakable’: airstrikes on northern #Gaza leave hundreds of thousands with nowhere to go #breakingnews #news"

As I was explaining in this thread 1), #European and #Israeli security interest have begun to diverge, not to say be diametrically opposed.

The millions of refugees caused by the #ArabSpring and the war in #Syria a decade ago and the ensuing waves of refugees have caused huge...

https://newsmast.social/@theguardianrss/113295892633042760

The Guardian | World News

2024-10-12 18:35:27

‘The fear is unspeakable’: airstrikes on northern Gaza leave hundreds of thousands with nowhere to go #breakingnews #news https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/12/northern-gaza-airstrikes-fighting-jabalia-evacuation

‘The fear is unspeakable’: airstrikes on northern Gaza leave hundreds of thousands with nowhere to go

Roughly 400,000 people trapped in latest offensive with most of territory under evacuation orders

^{Bethan McKernan (The Guardian)}