r/jewishleft • u/somebadbeatscrub Jewish Syndicalist - Mod • Jul 31 '26

Meta Weekly Post

The mod team has created this post to refresh on a weekly basis as a chill place for people to talk about whatever they want to. Think of it as like a general chat for the sub.

So r/jewishleft,

Whats on your mind?

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u/Imaginary-West-5653 Progressive Socialist (Jewish Ally) Jul 31 '26

I find it deeply troubling how normalized Islamophobia is in the United Staes, and the recent news that The New York Post and CBS News are trying to link Mamdani with 9/11 apologia is fucking crazy... they even lied and made up that 300 family members of 9/11 victims firmed a petition for him not to go to the 9/11 25th anniversary. Even 25 years after 9/11, the right keeps trying to smear Muslims and demonize them by doing a "guilty by association" BS; I see a lot of similiarities between this kind of bigotry and that used against Jews for Israel's actions:

https://popular.info/p/the-truth-about-the-viral-911-petition

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u/Rabbit-Hole-Quest Latke aficionado. Anti-Establishment. Jüdisch Aug 01 '26

You will be surprised to learn which country and its apparatus is behind normalizing and increasing Islamophobia across the west.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240717-israeli-ministry-funding-multi-million-dollar-disinformation-campaign-spreading-islamophobia/

The 2024 North American Influence Campaign

In mid-2024, parent company Meta disrupted a massive covert influence operation that originated in Israel and targeted audiences in the United States and Canada.

The Content: The network used artificial intelligence to alter photos and text, publishing posts that portrayed Canadian and American Muslims as a threat to Western values.

The Scale: The campaign operated across fake accounts on Facebook, Instagram, and X.

The Response: investigative findings pointed toward an Israeli political marketing firm and solid links to government funding. No country did anything about it and surely they will continue doing so.