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karim79 • yesterday at 10:41 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

These threads are always fun.

The mental gymnastics of the Israeli "splainers" will never fail to amaze me. Israelsplainers perhaps.

I want to say that it's just Netanyahu who needs to go away but it's actually much, much more than just him. The tide is shifting methinks and rightly so (and finally).

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bigyabai • today at 12:24 AM

> Israelsplainers perhaps

The Israeli wumao: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbara

  Hasbara has no direct English translation, but roughly means "explaining". It is a communicative strategy that "seeks to explain actions, whether or not they are justified".

  [...]

  In its 2025 budget, Israel planned to spend $150 million on hasbara, a 20-fold increase.

  In the 2026 budget, NIS 2.35 billion (about $730 million) has been allocated to hasbara.
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