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Re:Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran's oi... by Al-Khwarizmi on Monday March 09, 2026 @05:02AM (#47306479)
It's not even duplicitous because that implies some sort of benevolent facade. It's outright evil.
Re:Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran's oi... by lwansbrough on Monday March 09, 2026 @05:05AM (#47306510)
Israel does employ a facade of a liberal democracy that aligns itself to some extent with Western culture. Though this is very much in decline and I think, generally, sentiment on Israel has shifted quite dramatically in the West in recent years.
Re:Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran's oi... by SauciestGNU on Monday March 09, 2026 @12:27PM (#47311224)
Israel perhaps used to project that sort of facade. With Bibi and the authoritarian ultranationalists in government, combined with the lack of a written constitution restraining power and protecting rights (for whatever that would be worth), I think that facade is forever gone. Israel is descending into an expansionist theocratic ethnostate and rapidly illiberalizing. Just look at the recent criminalization of women praying at a certain holy site.