The Kremlin's propaganda machine will likely use the conflict in Israel to undermine the West's support for Ukraine: ISW
The Kremlin's propaganda machine will likely use the conflict in Israel to undermine the West's support for Ukraine: ISW
"These Kremlin narratives target Western audiences to drive a wedge in military support for Ukraine," said the Institute for the Study of War.
The Institute for the Study of War says Russia's propaganda machine will likely use the conflict in Israel to erode the West's support for Ukraine.
"The Kremlin is already and will likely continue to exploit the Hamas attacks in Israel to advance several information operations intended to reduce US and Western support and attention to Ukraine," wrote the Washington-based think tank on Saturday.
The ISW wrote in its report that after the Hamas attacks on Saturday, the Kremlin amplified information campaigns that accused the West of ignoring Middle East conflicts to support Ukraine. These campaigns also pushed the message that global attention — in particular, resources from the West — would shift from Ukraine to the Middle East.
The institute cited examples like Russian TV host Sergey Mardan stating in his Telegram channel that the West "will take its mind off Ukraine for a while and get busy once again putting out the eternal fire in the Middle East."
I also noticed that both here on Lemmy and over on Reddit that there's been a push of pro-Russian talking points and a huge push towards Islamaphobia for the past few days, starting just before the attacks this weekend.
I understand there's going to be some natural anger over the attack, but the amount of accounts I've seen, especially noticeable here on Lemmy because we just don't have as many users, who are saying things like, "This is just what Muslims are like," and, "Western countries accept these kinds of people, so expect them to do the same there," and other racist bullshit talking points. They've also been painting the ongoing conflict as unquestionably one-sided in Israel's favor.
It's depressing but kind of to be expected that there's a psyops campaign going on trying to get people outraged at not just Hamas, not just Palestine, but all of Islam right now while simultaneously trying to paint Ukrainian surrender and pro-Russian propaganda. This horrible act of terror was either in part planned by Russia or at the very least is seen as an easy opportunity to try and weaken Western support of repelling their invasion of Ukraine. Just spending a little time in the wrong circles on social media should make that obvious.
80I'm thankful that the consensus opinion here so far seems to be relatively balanced, even if there are a small minority of asshats either trying to paint Hamas' actions as justified or trying to claim Israel did nothing wrong.
I'm saying this as a secular non-Israeli Jew who wishes Likud would just leave politics entirely and let Israel have a slightly less insane government for once.
26There's also been a number of suspiciously enthusiastic Cornell West voters in the comments of political communities the last few weeks.
10? what's suspicious about being excited for an independent, leftist candidate?
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This is wierd asf. Why do you pretend Russia needs to spread Islamophobia as a propaganda tool? It's already there in European and European adjacent countries.
1It doesn't need to spread it from nothing, but expand and utilize? Absolutely possible
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This Hamas attack was for sure 100% a russian or mossad or even a co op between the two backed event. Hamas leadership is literally nothing but druggies and child rapists after thirty years of mossad/russian/western intervention and warfare. Competent Palestinian leaders are killed, the incompetent and war hungry let to live. That has been everyones standard operating procedure for years. Now Isreal is going to be not just supported, but cheered on as they establish a fascist ethno state. The rest of the world will soon be following in its steps as the climate change migrants will start moving in the next decade.
-3Hmm. That's definitely a compelling argument. Multinational cabal committing a false flag operation to create a racially pure dictatorship.
I have another idea let me know what you think.
Iran has been funneling Hamas weapons for years. There's a supply chain from Iran -> Syria -> Palestine. During the Syrian civil war the Israelis found smuggling tunnels in Palestine and warned about how a destabilized Syrian border is permeable to Iranian weapons. This scale of this attack is likely the result of a persistent effort to stockpile munitions. It is funded by Iran, not Mossad, because Iran explicitly wants to destroy Israel.
Now, my theory isn't quite as cool as yours. Mine is a little boring and yours is like a spy novel.
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Iran supports Hamas and Iran is also collaborating with Russia. Just saying.
takes off tin foil hat.
75Yeah, there's a lot of well timed stuff going on right now, especially in Africa, that seems like russia is stirring the pot to distract from their attack on Ukraine. It's not gonna work, but it's unsettling how they are willing to harm so many people, even after almost everyone condemned what they have done before. One would assume they would think twice, but no.
15They're able to stir them up as you say because the current colonial managers of those regions interfere to the detriment of the natives already. So funnily enough Wagner or some other org is able to give them better deals.
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Also Russia‘s propaganda campaign on this started pretty much immediately.
13Dividing NATO's resources on another front is a very likely strategy. It could also just be that, with their stockpiles depleted, the Palestinians decided it was a good moment to strike.
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My boss and I were talking about this and all it did was have us undermine the support the US gives Isreal. Weather you like the funding or not Ukraine recieving war money from the US is probably one of if not the most 'just' place war money goes as contradictory as something like war and justice can be.
30That's the thing really
War is hell and should be avoided when possible, but sometimes it's necessary and justified.
Too many people think the only kind of war is an offensive war, but there's such thing as a defensive war.
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Sounds like it's a problem that could be unilaterally solved by the US limiting military aid to Israel instead of propping up a genocidal regime. It's not Russia's fault that US foreign policy led to their support of genocidal maniacs.
What do people say about Russia and China? That the government and the people are different entities? The same applies here. Not supporting the absolutely batshit crazy Israeli government does not indicate a lack of support for the Jewish people.
26The same applies here. Not supporting the absolutely batshit crazy Israeli government does not indicate a lack of support for the Jewish people.
And progressive politicians saying that is one of the few things that unites republicans and "moderate" Dems.
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Russia supplies arms to Iran. Iran supplies arms to Hamas and was reported to have helped them plan the attack.
Hamas most likely used Russian weapons to attack Israel.
So of course Russia is going to capitalize on it.
Also, of course, Hexbear can't let too much shit talking about Russia happen so be prepared for some nasty DMs.
26Russia probably came up with this attack plan and fed it to their kgb operatives in Hamas. Their desperate to get other countries to stop supporting Ukraine, and this is just what they need to distract everyone, and give russian assets in other countries reasons to get aid to Ukraine cut.
The whole thing seems so straight out of the kgb playbook, it was probably orchestrated by Putin himself.
4Forces the US to support 2 different wars.
E: lol, what’s the throwaway downvote for? We’re throwing military money at Ukraine and now Israel. 2 wars.
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It's begun. Elon Musk(ovitch) has already disseminated anti-Semitic and false information to his followers in a now-deleted Twitter post.
20Well, specifically he pointed them to accounts that spread false information, then deleted the post after people complanied.
6so now that it's deleted, is it an ex-x-post?
5𝕏crement, but that's both for undeleted and deleted posts.
8It's an ex-X (ex-Twitter) post!
2Badun-tss!
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The Kreml would use a flaming bag of shit for propaganda if it's support his degenerated cause.
6It's pretty much an open goal for Kremlin propaganda.
6likely
yeah, modi govt. is already using this war to gather votes... in India
5Honestly, I don't care about Israel. If we look at it as a conflict between countries, there are no good guys there.
I just wish the EU would send their navies there to get the children and maybe the women out before the real massacre starts, but I know that's impossible.
5Adults don't deserve to get out? Men don't deserve to get out?
13Ironically, abducting all the women and children of a people would constitute genocidal behaviour regardless of any positive anti-genocide intentions.
8Children deserve it more, if anyone is powerless to change the status quo it's them
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Who would have guesses. Fucking crab.
4With the help of Fox News, Trump and Tucker Carlson
3This is the best summary I could come up with:
"The Kremlin is already and will likely continue to exploit the Hamas attacks in Israel to advance several information operations intended to reduce US and Western support and attention to Ukraine," wrote the Washington-based think tank on Saturday.
The ISW wrote in its report that after the Hamas attacks on Saturday, the Kremlin amplified information campaigns that accused the West of ignoring Middle East conflicts to support Ukraine.
The institute cited examples like Russian TV host Sergey Mardan stating in his Telegram channel that the West "will take its mind off Ukraine for a while and get busy once again putting out the eternal fire in the Middle East."
Meanwhile, Dmitry Medvedev, the former Russian president and deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia, also posted similar messages on X — formerly Twitter — on Saturday.
Ukraine was indeed left out of a stopgap funding measure passed by Congress on September 30, which averted a US government shutdown until mid November.
The Russian leader claimed on Friday that financial and military assistance from the West to Ukraine gets cut off, the country will be able to "live for only a week."
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3Biden should just tie Ukraine military aid to Israeli military aid. No matter what happens, it's win-win!
1The Kremlin's propaganda machine will likely use the _____________ to undermine the West's support for _________: ISW
1Russia supplies arms to Iran. Iran supplies arms to Hamas and was reported to have helped them plan the attack.
Hamas most likely used Russian weapons to attack Israel.
So of course Russia is going to capitalize on it.
-1European and US propaganda about Kremlin's propaganda.
"Today Biden has diarrea. We know who's behind this -- Putin! Kremlin. Who else would've benefited from this?"
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