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6 Jun, 8 tweets, 3 min read
This leads to some questions, there are only two Israelis believed to be held in Gaza; Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed. Mengistu is an Israeli from the Ethiopian Jewish community. And the bodies of IDF soldier Oron Shaul and IDF officer Hadar Goldin.

jpost.com/israel-news/av…
Exactly;
This says it is believed to be the voice of Mengistu;
Background: jpost.com/israel-news/bl…
Details: ynetnews.com/articles/0,734…
Mengistu did not get the attention he deserved ;
For instance this woman was released quickly from Syria...and some wonder why Mengistu was not; timesofisrael.com/israeli-woman-…
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Thread: One thing that disappoints me in some media is seeing online or print platforms give prominent oped space to offensive, racist, inflammatory articles that are incitement under the guise of the "the author is important"
There are a lot of important voices. When a publication chooses a voice and gives it huge prominence for days on the home page, they're not just publishing something random, they're endorsing it. Because it is being given special treatment of prominence.
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Question about the drone attack on Asad base, what air defense system was used to shoot them down?
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Thread: With Netanyahu facing a real challenge, we need to discuss what was done to Israel in the last few years.
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Thread: In Israel there is talk that the opposition to Netanyahu is on the verge of a coalition. After four failed elections some think this could be the moment. But there are many things still in the way. Here's my sense:
There are still hurdles, such as getting all the MKs on board from the complex coalition that is forming which includes a massive swath of parties from the religion right to left and potentially Arab MKs. It's very complex.
Second, Netanyahu will not go easy. A "crisis" may emerge as he lashes out claiming the "right" has been betrayed by a "left" government coming to power...all the stops will be pulled out to prevent things happening in preference for Netanyahu's endless elections scheme
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🧵 Lots of people like math and read that Israel’s Iron Dome had a 90% success rate at interceptions. Then they compare the nunber to the overall rockets fired in the recent war, some 4,300, and do math. But that’s not the number they should use.
Example May 16, 2021 “IDF: As of 19:00, approximately 3,100 rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip at Israeli territory, of which approximately 450 failed launches fell in the Gaza Strip.
The Iron Dome Air Defense System has intercepted approximately 1210 rockets.”
If you do the math you’ll think that there is something missing. Indeed, the 1,210 nunber is 90% of the rockets that the system attempted to intercept” DO NOT use the overall number of rockets. Most fall in open space or even fail to launch.
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How come when the US developed armed drones it was considered controversial... literally had all these articles about how bad they were...Turkey and China develop armed drones and suddenly it’s totally fine when they sell them. Zero controversy 🤔
People still ask about whether Israel has armed drones like this would be controversial. It doesn’t make sense. It’s only controversial “drone strikes” if some countries do it 🤔
Ankara openly brags about exporting ARMED drones. And those virtue signalers who used to care about this issue and want rules against armed drones in places like Europe are like “oh that’s fine”...
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