Israel hacked every Gaza cellphone to stream PM Netanyahu's UN Speech live

Re:Israel hacked every Gaza cellphone to stream PM Netanyahu... by gruez on Saturday September 27, 2025 @02:51PM (#45398430)

>Something similar could be said of Israeli strategy. They have not achieved anything of note except inflicting a Holocaust against the Palestinians. Perhaps because of some misguided idea that this makes them feel strong.

It's pretty consistently noted in the media that Netanyahu's actions in Palestine are to placate his far-right coalition partners, who would otherwise bring down his government. No need to invoke "this makes them feel strong" here.

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Re:Israel hacked every Gaza cellphone to stream PM Netanyahu... by Waterluvian on Saturday September 27, 2025 @03:11PM (#45398579)

I guess it might depend on what the goal is for staying in office, and to what ends one will go to do so. Is all of this truly because he believes this will make Israelis safer? Or is it because he wants to hold power, and what’s the motivator for holding that power? Avoiding consequences?

I wonder if for people like Netanyahu, Trump, Putin, etc. (and the people who are successfully swayed to support them…) it’s less about feeling strong and more about avoiding feeling weak.

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