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In reply to the discussion: Democrats suspect Netanyahu attempting to tilt Trump-Harris race [View all]ancianita
(38,856 posts)29. Not just Democrats and not just Netanyahu.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_interference_in_the_2024_United_States_elections
We have three letter agency evidence of state-sponsored attacks on democracy through this election.
Not just 'suspicion.' The Hill is good for 'suspicion' headlines that distract Democrats from the Nov 5 prize.
Biden's got this; he knows what Netanyahu's doing.
... A declassified U.S. intelligence report released in December 2023 found with "high confidence" that a "diverse and growing group of foreign actors" including China, Russia, Iran, and Cuba had all interfered in the 2022 midterms with influence campaigns on social media to covertly advance the interests their respective nations, exacerbate social divisions, and sow doubt in democracy, voting, and the result of elections.
U.S. intelligence officials have described the efforts as part of broader efforts by authoritarian nations to use the internet to erode support for democracy...
... In advance of the 2024 election, American intelligence assessments found that Iran had covertly supported college protests against the war in Gaza using social media posing as students and having operatives offer financial assistance. Pro-Israel groups have also spent large sums of money to support pro-Israel candidates against candidates critical of the Israeli government. Jordanian-American journalist Rami George Khouri wrote that "Such aggressive funding campaigns by AIPAC and other pro-Israeli forces may soon be perceived as another dimension of foreign interference in US elections, which has grown as a national concern since 2016."...
September 4, the Department of Justice indicted members of Tenet Media for having received $9.7 million as part of a covert Russian influence operation to co-opt American right-wing influencers to espouse pro-Russian content and conspiracy theories....
U.S. intelligence officials have described the efforts as part of broader efforts by authoritarian nations to use the internet to erode support for democracy...
... In advance of the 2024 election, American intelligence assessments found that Iran had covertly supported college protests against the war in Gaza using social media posing as students and having operatives offer financial assistance. Pro-Israel groups have also spent large sums of money to support pro-Israel candidates against candidates critical of the Israeli government. Jordanian-American journalist Rami George Khouri wrote that "Such aggressive funding campaigns by AIPAC and other pro-Israeli forces may soon be perceived as another dimension of foreign interference in US elections, which has grown as a national concern since 2016."...
September 4, the Department of Justice indicted members of Tenet Media for having received $9.7 million as part of a covert Russian influence operation to co-opt American right-wing influencers to espouse pro-Russian content and conspiracy theories....
We have three letter agency evidence of state-sponsored attacks on democracy through this election.
Not just 'suspicion.' The Hill is good for 'suspicion' headlines that distract Democrats from the Nov 5 prize.
Biden's got this; he knows what Netanyahu's doing.
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People better wake up and think about America before they defer their thoughts to Israel.
walkingman
Oct 4
#3
Um, it's Certain Radical Christian Groups, Not All Religious people. Certainly not the Jews of Israel
electric_blue68
Oct 4
#43
No Problemo! 👍 I've heard about these Middle East Apocalyptic wanting RW Christians for a few decades...
electric_blue68
Oct 4
#46
I sure know about the Ultra Orthodox Jews of Israel, and propping up Bibi; but I didn't think they were into the..
electric_blue68
Oct 5
#56
I've been saying this for some time. I just hope people are smart enough to see through it.
Autumn
Oct 4
#12
Both tRump & Netanyahu are criminals under indictment with self-preservation motivations. tRump wants to self-pardon. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Oct 4
#15
I agree. But also, Netanyahu is in general, a dickwad, and doesn't want to give up power (he was on the edge of
SWBTATTReg
Oct 4
#19
I don't know enough about Israeli politics, but you Have Seen the Gigantic Israeli Demos vids against Bibi posted here
electric_blue68
Oct 4
#45
Netanyahu bull$hitted to SECSTATE Blinken and D/CIA Burns. Smells like 1980 GOP tactics to weaken Carter.
C0RI0LANUS
Oct 5
#55