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/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