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Monday, May 11, 2026

Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu blamed social media for Israel's crumbling support in the US, not the 72,745 Palestinians killed by the IDF in Gaza, the illegal interception in international waters of a humanitarian aid flotilla to feed starving Muslims in the besieged enclave, vicious Israeli Settler attacks against defenseless Arab homeowners in the West Bank, the illegal war against the people of Iran, the increasing persecution of Christians in Israel, or the wanton destruction of Lebanon, displacing one million of their population.

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"See this Smart Phone? Social media is why Israel has become a Pariah nation and a Rogue state all at once, not the IDF killing thousands and thousands of Muslims in Gaza and Lebanon or Israel getting billions and billions of dollars of free money every year from peace-loving hardworking American taxpayers who don't enjoy world class universal healthcare like we do in Israel. Social media is the fault."


US midterm elections are scheduled for Tuesday 3 Nov 2026.

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-11 02:23 PM | Reply

He's half right. Social media has helped open the eyes of many who would otherwise never have know how barbaric Israel really is. But it's not some other country making them look bad it's the IDF and the fascists ruling Israel that are.

#2 | Posted by qcp at 2026-05-11 02:28 PM | Reply

Fucking cunt

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-05-11 02:33 PM | Reply

The Likudniks have ruined Israel forever for the decent people living there.

Israel recorded its first net migration loss last year, thanks to all of their wars and mass murder of Muslims.

"To be a Jew is to always be on the side of the oppressed, never the oppressor."

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-11 02:42 PM | Reply

"Stuff like this is why neither side is in the right in that conflict."

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-11 02:48 PM | Reply

That's a huge admission of failure, coming from the leader of one of the world's most influential propaganda states.

#6 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-05-11 02:59 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Hitler said the same thing.

It's not the killing of innocent people that's the issue.

It's the perception.

#7 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-05-11 03:01 PM | Reply

That's a huge admission of failure, coming from the leader of one of the world's most influential propaganda states.

#6 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-05-11 02:59 PM | Reply | Flag: "A failure whining about his failures"

Benjamin Netanyahu went on Israeli TV months ago to deny that Jeffrey Epstein was a Sayan of the Mossad.

That too would be a huge admission of failure or incompetence if Israeli intelligence didn't use Jeffery Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell for influence or blackmailing operations over the past 35 years or so.

Epstein reportedly even had a mole in the Vatican, according to the released FBI files.

#8 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-11 03:14 PM | Reply

We have to stop social media from killing 150k and counting Palestinians men women and children.

Social media is despicable for their ongoing genocide and should be tried by the ICC.

#9 | Posted by fresno500 at 2026-05-11 04:18 PM | Reply

Gosh, I'm sure glad the 2024 Democratic Party paid attention to the thousands of nationwide and global anti-war protests demanding an end to the US funding of Israel's genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza to make way for luxury beachside resorts for Israeli oligarch and rabid Settlers.

#10 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-11 04:24 PM | Reply

I'm starting to think you're just an anti-Dem mole.

You can't post on any thread without railing on Dems and AIPAC but are mysteriously ALWAYS silent about the stronger connection between the GOP and AIPAC and the much stronger support the GOP gives Israeli actions abroad.

#11 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-11 05:18 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#10 Throughout the month of October, 2024, the Trump campaign (and associated entities) spent $300,000,000.00 on ads in all 7 swing states during televised NFL and NCAA football games. The topic of all of those ads? Then-CA Attorney General Kamala Harris' 2019 response to a question about a Trump administration dictate on gender-affirming (read: trans) care for federal inmates


click graphic above for actual She's for They/Them ad

And the amount of money the Harris campaign spent countering those She's for They/Them ads in the swing states during NFL and NCAA football games? You know, to point out the truth that she was simply responding to a question about a Trump administration dictate on gender-affirming for federal inmates? To counter the deceptive, the lying-by-omission ads run by Trump & company?

Zero dollars

The efficacy of this strategy was born out election night, 2024, when Steve Kornacki was calling individual counties (starting with Pennsylvania) and highlighting that the Harris/Walz ticket was falling short of votes as opposed to the votes in the 2020 election for the Biden/Harris ticket. His reporting was, in effect, a death by 1,000 cuts for Harris/Walz.

Trump & company knew that all it would take would be the suppression of Biden votes in 2024 by just a point or two for Trump to carry those counties, all 7 swing states and, ultimately, the election. They judged, correctly, that men - men of color and white - would be turned off enough by the "pro-trans" Harris that they voted for Trump, or didn't vote at all.

Either way, mission accomplished.

#12 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-11 05:18 PM | Reply

#10

Five Reasons Harris Lost

Why Kamala Harris lost: A flawed candidate or doomed campaign?

Wrong voters, wrong message: progressives' autopsy lays bare Kamala Harris failures

Why Kamala Harris lost the election

Brookings: Why Donald Trump won and Kamala Harris lost: An early analysis of the results

There is no one reason Harris lost

Politicians and activists are trying to sell disingenuous and nonfactual explanations of why Harris lost to push their ideology. Don't fall for it.
Democrats were united and turned out. Harris lost anyway.
Voters issued a broad repudiation of not only Harris' campaign but the Democratic Party's vision for the country.
A Former Republican Strategist on Why Harris Lost
Inflation, moderation, and candidate effects
What Was the Biggest Factor in Kamala Harris's Defeat?

#13 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-11 05:19 PM | Reply

Trump hammered Democrats on transgender issues. Now the party is at odds on a response

#14 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-11 05:21 PM | Reply

I'm starting to think you're just an anti-Dem mole.

You can't post on any thread without railing on Dems and AIPAC but are mysteriously ALWAYS silent about the stronger connection between the GOP and AIPAC and the much stronger support the GOP gives Israeli actions abroad.

#11 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-11 05:18 PM

That does not go unnoticed, JPW.

#15 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-11 05:25 PM | Reply

the stronger connection between the GOP and AIPAC and the much stronger support the GOP gives Israeli actions abroad.

#11 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-11 05:18 PM | Reply | Flag:

The Soros machine would like a word with you.

#16 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-05-11 05:27 PM | Reply

#16 No such thing, Left Hind Turds.

#17 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-11 05:30 PM | Reply

#10


#18 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-11 05:33 PM | Reply

Gee, it's just So Hard to figure out why people Hate Israel....

Whiny Mass Murderers claiming to be Victims while making it a Career ending Crime to even Notice they kill Children and Civilians.

Protesting their Genocide or even naming it as such,gets people labelled as "Antisemitic" and their lives upended.

PRIVILEGED MASS MURDERERS is a Bad Look and Worse Reality.

They want to Be Nazis that Everybody Just LOVES.

Then they wonder why they are Hated?

It's not the Jewish part,.. It's the Murderer Thing.

Change the Conduct and the Love will Return.

After Everyone forgets about their Horrible Behavior in about 100 Years or More....

#19 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-05-11 05:41 PM | Reply

The Soros machine would like a word with you.

#16 | Posted by lfthndthrds

www.georgesoros.com

I am not a Zionist, nor am I am a practicing Jew, but I have a great deal of sympathy for my fellow Jews and a deep concern for the survival of Israel. I did not want to provide fodder to the enemies of Israel. I rationalized my position by saying that if I wanted to voice critical views, I ought to move to Israel. But since there were many Israelis who held such views my voice was not needed, and I had many other battles to fight.

But now I have to ask the question: How did Israel become so endangered? I cannot exempt AIPAC from its share of the responsibility. I am a fervent advocate of critical thinking. I have supported dissidents in many countries. I took a stand against President Bush when he said that those who don't support his policies are supporting the terrorists. I cannot remain silent now when the pro-Israel lobby is one of the last unexposed redoubts of this dogmatic way of thinking.

Hardly a glow review of AIPAC.

forward.com

"George Soros has a long history of backing anti-Israel groups," the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, tweeted on Aug. 24. "Now he's giving $1 million to help @jstreetdotorg support anti-Israel candidates and attack pro-Israel Democrats. AIPAC works to strengthen pro-Israel mainstream Democrats. J Street & Soros work to undermine them."

Doesn't sound like AIPAC is a big fan of Soros either.

#20 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-11 05:46 PM | Reply

The Democratic Party is supposed to be Better than the Republicans Morally and Ethically.

On Israel they are just as in Lockstep with Mass Murder as the Republicans are.

SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH ISRAEL.

The difference is that the Republicans are DOWN with Mass murder if it's MUSLIMS being Killed.

The Democrats are a Mixed Bag, the Israel Firsters like Mr. Friend, or Censored,are Jewish Supremacists who ought to just move to Israel and pick up a Weapon already.

But most Real Democrats care about EVERYONE, not just "What's Good for the Jews".

Harris hurt herself as a Candidate by ignoring the Widespread and Legitimate Disgust with Israeli Behavior and American Connivance.

Real Democrats don't Stand With Mass Killers and don't support Funding and Arming them.

AIPAC "Democrats" are Israeli Stooges.

AIPAC cost Harris the Election.

Israeli Leadership wanted Trump to Win and AIPAC made it so.

Bring On the "Antisemitic" Accusations, Now. MR. FRIEND.

#21 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-05-11 05:58 PM | Reply

"The Democratic Party is supposed to be Better than the Republicans Morally and Ethically."

You can't win 'em all.
But you can lose 'em all.

#22 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-05-11 06:05 PM | Reply

#21

"I'm not Participating in the Elections.

Nobody in either party represents me.

If that helps the Republicans, I don't give a shit.

I'm not voting for people who help Killers.

It's that simple.

#33 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-05-03 04:43 PM

#23 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-11 06:14 PM | Reply

#21

"RICH JEWS BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE."

#13 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-05-10 12:18 PM

"Rich Jews" you say? You mean like this:

#24 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-11 06:15 PM | Reply

#21

"RICH JEWS BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE."

#13 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-05-10 12:18 PM

#25 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-11 06:16 PM | Reply

#21

"RICH JEWS BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE."

#13 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-05-10 12:18 PM

#26 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-11 06:16 PM | Reply

#21

"RICH JEWS BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE."

#13 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-05-10 12:18 PM

#27 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-11 06:16 PM | Reply

Maybe Genocidal Killers is who Americans Really ARE?

Maybe we Support Israeli Crimes because Most Americans identify with Colonial Settler Genocide?

We're Cowboys. NOT Indians.

Those Redskins... just Gotta GO.

I Hope this is Wrong.

American History and Behavior suggests this is Exactly what's going on.

#28 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-05-11 06:18 PM | Reply

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