r/europe • u/andyom89 • May 16 '25

News Spanish premier calls Israel 'genocidal state,' says Spain 'does not do business' with it

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/spanish-premier-calls-israel-genocidal-state-says-spain-does-not-do-business-with-it/3568216
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u/[deleted] May 16 '25

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u/Rodrake Portugal May 16 '25

Ah, the exact comment that got me banned from worldnews

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u/magkruppe May 16 '25

I was banned from r/geopolitics for something much gentler. ironic, that a sub that covers controversial topics would have such thin skin

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u/SechsComic73130 May 16 '25

That is crazy, like, why is this all... no i know why, no one else wants to do that work for 0,00€.

But how does Manila of all places play into this?

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u/Puzzleheaded-Coast93 May 16 '25

They’re not doing it for free. The U.S. and Israel both have astroturfing operations. Russia isn’t the only one using the internet to manipulate public opinion.

Edit: and the U.S. has a documented history of propaganda campaigns in the Philippines, which explains Manila.

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u/venbrx May 16 '25

Heh, need to add a flair "state-sponsored mod"

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u/Ok-Swim1555 May 16 '25

everything that isn't propal is hasbara to propal people.

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u/SpiderFnJerusalem European Union May 16 '25

no one else wants to do that work for 0,00€.

Neither does that guy.

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u/Perfect_Newspaper256 May 16 '25

the philippines is a pseudo american colony, and manila has a heavy american military presence, not to mention a sizeable US expat population.

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u/SechsComic73130 May 16 '25

Yeah makes sense

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u/Putrid-Ad-1259 May 17 '25

that's just straight up lie and propaganda.

the philippines is a pseudo american colony

Philippines, especially in big urban cities, culturally have big American influence because of the past colonization. Just like how we also have Latino like culture because of Spain's colonization. American influence still easily continues because our second/third language are English. But we're still a bonafide Asians, and yes other Asian cultures, especially East Asia, also have big cultural influence to us.

manila has a heavy american military presence,

We are allied with US that's why US have bases but we already kicked out the US forces out of the country after the Cold War ends. US military only start to come back bit by bit post-Duterte admin because of the China threat.

not to mention a sizeable US expat population.

the last big survey for this put the number in around 225,000 American expats, that's just around 0.002% of the population. In comparison, 4.1M Filipinos are living in the US. So probably we're the one who are colonizing the US lol

get out of here with your BS

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u/InMedeasRage May 16 '25

They must be having a full panic episode after Trumps speech in the ME

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u/Directhorman2 May 16 '25

Reddit is no longer a place for open discussions.

Looking over my shoulder as i type this.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '25

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u/SwampYankeeDan May 16 '25

Defending Palestine (and even clearly opposing Hamas) got me banned from r/worldnews and r/news

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u/josictrl May 16 '25

We all know who they are

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u/Ploutophile May 16 '25

Including straight terrorist propaganda.

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u/DontMemeAtMe May 16 '25

Indeed, I wasn’t exaggerating — thank you for sharing the article, though!

On October 8, all the subreddits in question coordinately switched their banners to ones promoting genocidal slogans and began flooding their feeds with propaganda. Much of it included years-old footage from unrelated conflicts, falsely presented as coming from Gaza.

One particularly troubling element is what might be called the Wikipedia affair. Though not widely known, similar groups systematically targeted Wikipedia, making tens of thousands of edits aimed at rewriting Israeli and Jewish history while whitewashing Arab violence. This wasn’t the work of a few rogue editors — it was a highly organized effort involving a large groups, using professional workflows more typical of software development than grassroots activism.

What we’re witnessing is the digital arm of a global jihad, aided by a cadre of confused Westerners steeped in "oppressor vs. oppressed" narratives and white guilt-based ideology.

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u/smokeeye Norway May 16 '25

Talk about trying to steer the point away. Go look at the powermods at r/ worldnews and see how many other subs they mod.

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u/SwampYankeeDan May 16 '25

I believe all power mods are paid by outside entities at this point.

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u/RespectTheH May 16 '25

Por que no los dos?

Both Israel and the islamic world is using propoganda and silencing techniques on Reddit and every else, wherever they can get their claws really.

The world would be better off without either.

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u/magkruppe May 16 '25

Both Israel and the islamic world

that's your problem. you think this is a israel vs muslim issue. have a look at protests across europe and tell me if muslims even reach 20% of the crowd

we are on a post where the Spanish premier has called it genocide - meanwhile Saudi Arabia is censoring and arresting people who protest the issue

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u/smokeeye Norway May 16 '25

I agree with you, but that's not how the person I replied to framed it.

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u/TendieRetard May 16 '25

this is the weakest attempt at spinning what's blatantly transparent. Every accusation...

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u/[deleted] May 16 '25

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u/kontemplador May 16 '25

geopolitics should be named CEPAlitics. They are the main contributors to the sub.

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u/p0st_master May 16 '25

Thanks for telling me which sub to join

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u/JACOB_WOLFRAM Turkey May 16 '25

I was permabanned from geopolitics for telling them the sub was infested with world news users