[cont’d] Quoting Noa Limona on Netanyahu’s gaslighting of the Israeli public:
#Israel's "poison machine" has expanded from domestic gaslighting to foreign policy distortion. #Netanyahu Jr's attack on #Macron exposes a calculated system that labels democratic leaders supporting Palestinian rights as "enemies" while embracing far-right populists worldwide. This propaganda mechanism has successfully conditioned even opposition voices to fear being labeled "leftist" (now synonymous with "traitor"). The result? A warped reality where human rights advocacy equals betrayal, empathy equals #antisemitism, and "peace" has become taboo. The antidote requires rejecting this entire toxic framework, not just its symptoms.
[…] Netanyahu Jr.'s statement was what the linguistic philosopher John Austin called a "speech act," not a statement that can be said to be true or false but an expression that constitutes an action in the world. In this case, the act constituted labeling Macron – a leader of a democratic country who expressed his recognition of a Palestinian state – as an enemy.
[…] The antidote to poison cannot be based on accepting the toxic machinery and only partially rejecting its symptoms. Our obligation is to oppose the entire propaganda apparatus that has dulled our senses, clouded our simple reasoning, and eroded the ethical criteria that should guide us.
https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-04-14/ty-article-opinion/.premium/the-netanyahu-poison-machine-turns-to-foreign-policy/00000196-3049-dc5b-af96-79fdd4860000 or https://archive.is/pwYx5
@palestine
@israel
#Propaganda
#MediaManipulation
#IsraelPolitics #palestine
#ThePoisonMachine
#OatmealQuotes
* Edit: typos, article is in English not Hebrew
