Israel's US Election, and How Weaponized News Still Stokes Real Violence and Fear

Nov 16, 2024

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A photo of Yoav Gallant from 2023, juxtaposed with an electoral map from the US election. — Yoav Gallant, Israel’s Defence Minister until he was sacked by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu just as the US was going to its polls. DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley, CC BY 2.0 licensing.

As the US was going to the polls on November 5, the other democracy at stake in this election was rocked by news with excellent political timing: Israeli Prime Minister Ben…

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