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@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...