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Israel claims that killing civilians is bad (chaser.com.au)

submitted 1 month ago by MHLoppy@fedia.io to c/theonion@sh.itjust.works

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Israel has responded the attacks launched by Iran on Israel, following Israel’s attacks on Iran, by urging to the world that civilian populations must be left alone.

This comes during ‘rising tensions’ which has seen tens of thousands of civilians being killed in Palestine due to attacks from Israeli forces. [...]

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[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, but something like this really stretches misleading as a definition. I suppose they wouldn't get nearly as many ~~suckers~~ patriots sending money if they said "Iran has retaliated after being attacked by Israel!" though.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I suppose they wouldn’t get nearly as many suckers patriots sending money if they said “Iran has retaliated after being attacked by Israel!” though.

Exactly. That's all 'spin' is. Selectively telling the truth in order to manipulate people into believing something that isn't true.