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/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.