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Yair Rosenberg@yair-rosenberg.bsky.social |
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Staff writer, The Atlantic.
Teller of stories, troller of Nazis.
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Is it really true that Twitter political advertising is tiny and doesn't move things? Is that distinct from political fundraising? Because I can't imagine Ilhan (and other progs) would be paying Musk to run fundraising ads, given the reputational costs, if they weren't pretty effective!
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Israel's wartime government just broke up. Does it matter? I wrote about why even though Netanyahu's centrist rival Benny Gantz is leading in the polls after leaving the government, the math still favors continued Netanyahu rule, and what that might mean for Israelis and Palestinians:
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As a journalist, I try to hold myself accountable when I get something wrong. I've often complained that antisemites never come up with new material. I stand corrected.
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I wrote about Biden's bold Gaza cease-fire gambit, what he hopes to gain by making this Israeli proposal public, and what could derail his plan in the days ahead:
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In an unprecedented public address this week, Israel's defense minister demanded that Netanyahu commit to Palestinian governance of Gaza—rather than Israeli settlement or occupation. I wrote about the Israeli defense establishment's open revolt against Netanyahu and his far-right allies:
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People who have now called out Netanyahu and his government for failing to formulate to a postwar strategy in Gaza and offer a Palestinian governing alternative to Hamas: -The IDF chief of staff -The IDF chief spokesman -The defense minister
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In an unprecedented public address this week, Israel's defense minister demanded that Netanyahu commit to Palestinian governance of Gaza—rather than Israeli settlement or occupation. I wrote about the Israeli defense establishment's open revolt against Netanyahu and his far-right allies:
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Social media excels at making people feel informed when they are not actually being informed, but rather just affirmed or inflamed. As it turns out, that's what many people actually want out of their "news" consumption, which has made things extremely difficult for the traditional news industry.
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I wrote about why AI, not matter how advanced, cannot replace sports announcers, and about what's missing in general from even the most impressive AI-generated audio:
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I wrote about why AI, not matter how advanced, cannot replace sports announcers, and about what's missing in general from even the most impressive AI-generated audio:
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I recommend reading articles before responding to them. Neither Israel nor AIPAC has anything to do with this, and conspiracy theories that blame them for it prevent those who want to combat the anti-TikTok legislation from doing anything about the actual causes.
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The European Union has now also imposed sanctions on the same Israeli extremists just sanctioned by the US. The Biden administration is now essentially leading an international sanctions campaign against the Israeli far-right. They start, others follow. www.jpost.com/breaking-new...
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The U.S. just imposed sanctions some of Israel’s premier racist activists, one *very* close to Ben-Gvir. Read more about the escalating Biden admin sanctions on extremist violent settlers in my deep dive here: www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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With anti-TikTok legislation now moving through Congress, it's a good time to read my piece about how many TikTokers have landed on conspiracy theories about Jews being behind it, which prevents them from understanding why the legislation is happening and doing anything about it:
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As you can imagine, I am following this exact issue *very* closely (long before the general media picked up on it! www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...). Unfortunate to see the usual suspects on X muddy the waters for engagement gain.
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Welcome to my world (continues running brain through blender)
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Yes, this is at best a mistranslation, though given all the effort involved and the account, probably mendacious. What Bibi actually says in the video is that the cabinet will approve a $19 billion shekel plan to reconstrut the Gaza BORDER communities destroyed by Hamas.
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I wrote about the viral TikTok conspiracy that Jews are trying to ban the platform—pushed by influencers with millions of followers with an assist from Candace Owens and Briahna Joy Gray—and why such conspiracies misunderstand how political power works and undermine democracy.
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Polls show that Israelis overwhelmingly want early elections and they overwhelmingly want Netanyahu to resign (either now or after the war). He's going to resist both and try to avoid facing the voters as long as possible. Which means popular protest will only grow.
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Not soon enough, but the fact that a consensus centrist politician like Gantz is saying this indicates how the pressure for new elections is ramping up in Israel. It's only going to get more intense.
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👀 www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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No worries! And I removed the block too.
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Happy to explain. I didn't tag her in my tweet because I have no desire to engage with a fundamentally bad faith actor who thrives on attention and fighting with media figures. By tagging me and the tweet in reply to her, you made that much more likely! By blocking, I made my quoted tweet invisible.
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And this model has Biden's approval bounce even higher than 538's:
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According to 538, Biden's approval rating is the highest it's been since October 23, jumping 3 points in the last two weeks. The continuing economic recovery and the country discovering that Trump is now the alternative having an impact.
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For those who have forgotten how this went down, which is definitely not how it would have gone down under Trump:
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She can't say "Trump's ambassador" because then she'd have to admit there's a pretty big difference between Biden and Trump on Gaza.
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Like many bigots, Trump divides Jews up into "good Jews" (those who agree with him and support his ideology) and "bad Jews" (those who don't). He's been doing this for a while, and he's far from alone across the political spectrum, as I wrote back in September: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Seems reasonable! Personally, I use whatever style the publication I'm writing for uses, but remove the hyphen on social media, not because I think it matters much, but because it gives more more precious character to work with :).
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House style, but I've also written on this point myself! www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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"Once a society starts accepting attacks on entire swaths of Jews—for being too liberal, too religious, too secular, too pro-Israel, too anti-Israel, too whatever—that acceptance will grow." We're seeing this happen in realtime right now. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Like many bigots, Trump divides Jews up into "good Jews" (those who agree with him and support his ideology) and "bad Jews" (those who don't). He's been doing this for a while, and he's far from alone across the political spectrum, as I wrote back in September: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Like any conspiracy theorist, Candace Owens has arrived at her inevitable destination
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I wrote about the one thing most likely to force new elections in Israel and threaten Netanyahu's reign. It's not anything Biden or Schumer might say or do, but something far more fundamental to Israeli politics at this moment: Conscripting the ultra-Orthodox into Israel's army.
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Openly agreeing to allow any Palestinians to govern post-war Gaza is anathema to Netanyahu, because doing so would upset the far-right flank of his coalition, whose post-war plan for Gaza is "ethnically cleanse and resettle it." Gallant is holding the line against that.
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Israeli defense minister Gallant again says something that Netanyahu and his hard-right allies don't want to hear, this time that the least bad option for post-war Gaza governance is Palestinians linked to the Palestinian Authority (which is also Biden's position):
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he Netanyahu government agreed to a March 31 deadline to reform the Haredi draft laws. That reform was expected to be a farce that fudged the issue, in order to keep the coalition together. But after Oct. 7, that doesn't seem viable. And so the clock ticks. Read: www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Filters that auto-delete (that is: move to trash) any emails from a list or other spam sender are the way to go. No link clicking, no unsubscribing, just auto-trashed and you never even see them in spam.
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The ultra-Orthodox parties provide 18 of Netanyahu's 64 coalition seats. They oppose conscription. But others in Netanyahu's government demand it. This could break the coalition and force new elections. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Since its founding, Israel has had mandatory Jewish conscription into its army, with one notable exception: ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students do not serve. This started as 400 men. It's now 66,000. After October 7, Israeli society is no longer willing to let this slide--a huge problem for Netanyahu.
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I wrote about the one thing most likely to force new elections in Israel and threaten Netanyahu's reign. It's not anything Biden or Schumer might say or do, but something far more fundamental to Israeli politics at this moment: Conscripting the ultra-Orthodox into Israel's army.
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Because "sanctioned" is one of those extremely dumb English words that can mean both itself and its opposite, clarifying that this refers to *imposing* sanctions on these outposts. Now that that's settled, I'll go back to discussing other inflammable topics.
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Their sole claim to fame is being slightly less wrong about the last general election if you don't look closely at the details to realize they in fact overestimated Likud and got most of the other parties wrong too. They just ended up with a Netanyahu coalition result thanks to their Likud boost.
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Today, Biden sanctioned illegal outposts in the West Bank for the first time in U.S. history. I wrote about exactly this prospect and the overlooked executive order that made it possible earlier this month: www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Ever read the book it's based on, by any chance? Very interesting case study in how darker source materials sometimes get revised for a mass market audience. Both movie and book are great, but quite different.
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She is talking explicitly about an American Jew and an American Jewish organization, so now that we've clarified that, I presume you agree that this was a problem!
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Antisemitism is an inverted worldview, in which the 0.2% of the world that is Jewish controls the 99.8% that is not. In reality, the non-Jewish majority determines the fate of the tiny Jewish minority. Jews are not taking your TikTok, but conspiracies of Jewish control have taken many Jewish lives.
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Thank you for this thread.
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Yeah, Liebowitz had a very different theology/political approach than say, the Satmar. He was a Zionist and didn't even believe in the messianic era as traditionally understood! But his greater secular/rational engagement was precisely what made him a more trenchant critic of the occupation.
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Ultimate "you had one job" territory.
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