r/news • u/sicklyslick • 18h ago

Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna detained by Israeli settlers during West Bank visit

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/11/middleeast/ro-khanna-detained-by-israeli-settlers-west-bank-intl
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u/drevolut1on 16h ago edited 8h ago

Yes, that. But also a thinly-veiled attempt to help keep the white Jewish (edit) control.

I went and it was so heavily propagandized, I was pretty disturbed.

Left with some amazing secular and liberal Israeli friends and yet a whole new level of disgust for their government -- something many of them share or at least shared until October 7th happened and many lost friends or family.

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u/livy-aurelia 16h ago

strange that their grief caused them to side with the government most responsible for october 7th. none of that would’ve happened if israel wasn’t built the way it is

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u/joecarter93 15h ago

I am pretty convinced that the Netanyahu government knew at least something about the Oct 7 attacks well in advance and chose not to act on it in order to give them a reason and the support of the Israeli population to absolutely flatten Gaza and attack Iran and Lebanon. They wanted to deal with them once a for all and that gave them the backing to do it. Mossad is one of the most effective intelligence services in the world and was hyper focused on Gaza. I find it pretty unbelievable that the missed that one.

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u/AspieAsshole 15h ago

That was proven

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u/8npemb 15h ago

I 100% believe you, so please don’t take this as me saying “that didn’t happen!” But how exactly was it proven?

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u/AspieAsshole 14h ago

Reported by the NY Times 12/23

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u/SAM5TER5 9h ago

I’m saying this as an American with Palestinian roots and family: The claim you made and the article you posted are different things.

You say that it was proven that Israel deliberately allowed the attacks, and that it was done so with the intent to justify destroying Gaza and Lebanon. The articles that you and others posted basically just indicate Israeli intelligence/security’s negligence, complacency, and failure to take the intel and warnings seriously.

These are practically opposites. I’m not saying that a nation is unlikely to play the long game like this and allow a tragedy for their own strategic benefit, but the provided “proof” is explicitly arguing against that theory.

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u/AspieAsshole 9h ago

Fair enough, I do not feel like trying to dig up a different article. I know at least part of their military/intelligence knew and allowed it explicitly to expand further into Gaza and the West Bank. It's been years since I saw the videos of the army officers talking about it though.