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Re:Why is the Gaza Strip blurry on Google Maps? by guerrilla on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @11:19AM (#27195810)
> you would have to be far more sweeping in your approach

Would you or could it be seen as deterrence?

> this may be the most abject policy failure the world has ever witnesse

I mean there are a lot of opeds in Hebrew (some lamenting this supposed failure) and Arabic press right now saying exactly that, so I wouldn't rule it out entirely.

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Re:Why is the Gaza Strip blurry on Google Maps? by asdfasgasdgasdg on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @12:20PM (#27196893)
> Would you or could it be seen as deterrence?

Given we are still seeing plenty of images out of Palestine and Gaza, even from news orgs, the current approach is plainly and objectively insufficient to the purported goal.

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