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submitted 8 months ago by breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca to c/world@lemmy.world

An Israeli missile has hit Iran, two US officials have told the BBC's US partner CBS News.

Iranian state media is reporting that flights have been suspended over several cities, according to Associated Press.

Iran has been on high alert after Israel said it would respond to an Iranian attack against it on Saturday night

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[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Nope, they didn't. Even the expression itself is the result of a deliberate mistranslation by pro-Israeli propagandists trying to bolster the completely bogus victim narrative of by far the most militarily powerful and active country in the region.

[-] DoomBot5@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

Hmm, Iran calls for it constantly. Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and Jordan tried several times. You can't just pretend history didn't happen.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Iran calls for it constantly

Do you have a credible source on that? Because propagandists keep claiming that without backing it up with actual evidence that they're not just making up whatever fits their narrative

Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and Jordan tried several times.

None of them anywhere near successfully and none of them in this millennium.

You can't just pretend history didn't happen.

And you can't just greatly exaggerate decades old events and pretend that they represent an imminent and existential threat.

I mean, you obviously CAN, since you just did, but you really shouldn't.

[-] StormFather@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago
[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

An 11 year old article quoting deliberate mistranslations of the then prime minister does not an imminent, constant, and permanent threat make.

I'd say "nice try", but that would be a lie.

[-] DoomBot5@lemmy.world -2 points 8 months ago

How about providing a source about that mistranslation?

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