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cmpalmer75's avatar

I had a similar initial reaction. Israel doesn't make this kind of mistake. Netanyahu's brother was killed in the Entebbe raid. He himself was special forces. It's hard to believe he would sacrifice Jewish people for any reason, but his complicity in turning Israelis into lab rats for Pfizer is hard to understand. Most of the interviews I've seen of retired American intel officers are adamant this was a failure not a false flag. Hersh's article provides some context.

https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/netanyahu-is-finished?r=a08we&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&fbclid=IwAR3gP9ZUcWNkj1EMN32ooGPluzdvJ6_Tu6cxMC7WwI_HAAzyRC2YlAnHy0I

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Vanda Salvini's avatar

It might be a failure but it's really hard to not see it as a false flag event.

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kertch's avatar

No, "false flag" is overused. These were not Israelis dressed up as Palestinians. They were real Hamas fighters out to kill Israelis. This is what you call a gambit. Israeli intelligence uses spys to get Hamas to think there is a golden opportunity to set up an attack, then let them carry it out. The defensive response is intentionally botched to gain maximum effect. Hamas got suckered in. Israel now has an excuse to clean out Gaza. Let's hope the American public doesn't get suckered into another Middle East war.

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Robert Jacobs's avatar

If it was a false flag, it will end the career of Netanyahu. That makes me doubtful of that line of reasoning. I could see forces within the IDF setting it up without approval. Even that is hard to accept. The cost was too high and will likely be uncovered.

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SD's avatar

Reporting I have been reading is, against advice, Bibi moved hundreds of troops to a different area leaving that border region vulnerable. This is why Hamas were able to overwhelm the local forces, potentially they had the intelligence of the movement and used it. Alternately, they could have flagged an intent to attack the area that Bibi moved the troops to in order to distract Israel from the real target and Shin Bet blew it.

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