Is this an act of war?
One country, Israel, attempting to change out the government of another?
That's hideous.
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#272Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe there are lots more articles posted on HN criticising Israel, and only a fraction remains, because they win the up- and downvote war?
Not a single pro-Israel article, nor even any article that even mentions Israel neutrally, has ever reached the front page of HN in the entire history of HN. So, no. Israel is not "winning the up- and downvote war" of HN.
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#274"Black Cube" - wonder what they're going for there. Maybe "Sinister Obelisk" was taken.
Aligns just well with the world's other top villain entities: BlackStone, BlackRock, BlackWater ...
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#275It's insane the power and influence Israelis have. In the US it's blatant, from the insane amounts of money and weaponry sent to Israel (why are american taxpayers subsidizing Israel exactly? It's not like they are neither poor nor US owes them) to the recent events in the middle east. But even in Europe. Here in Italy the coalition government has multiple high profile politicians that just happen to be shareholders…
"Sovereign is he who decides on the exception" - Carl Schmitt.
Always different rules for Israel vs. any other "normal country", and that in itself tells you all you need to know
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#276I wonder when people will stop being scared to speak out. Is it once they lose their job due to stolen data? Is it once Palantir decides they are a threat and they lose their freedom? Is it once they lose their own land? Is it after starting the 10th war?
At the risk of stating the obvious, Black Cube is an actual private intelligence firm that sells spy services [1], while Palantir is a software firm that sells software (even if that software is used by intelligence, gov, etc). You can go spin up a free Foundry instance [2] and test it, and it doesn't have secret buttons to imprison people. [1] https://www.blackcube.com/ [2] https://www.palantir.com/developers/
From Black Cube's website:
Our Code of Ethics was developed together with Prof. Asa Kasher, an internationally acclaimed scholar specialising in philosophy and ethics, who wrote the Code of Ethics for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).
From Wikipedia on Prof. Kasher:
Kasher states explicitly that it is justified to kill a Palestinian child who is in the company of a hundred 'terrorists', because the 'terrorists' might kill children in Sderot. But in reality, it was a case of killing a hundred children who were in the company of one 'terrorist'." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Kasher
Ethics code. Got it.
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#278Re: Slovenian officials blame Israeli firm Black Cube for trying to manipulate vote
#279It's insane the power and influence Israelis have. In the US it's blatant, from the insane amounts of money and weaponry sent to Israel (why are american taxpayers subsidizing Israel exactly? It's not like they are neither poor nor US owes them) to the recent events in the middle east. But even in Europe. Here in Italy the coalition government has multiple high profile politicians that just happen to be shareholders…
"Sovereign is he who decides on the exception" - Carl Schmitt. Always different rules for Israel vs. any other "normal country", and that in itself tells you all you need to know
Indeed. Israel is the only country that can get the majority of UN condemnations for merely existing.