Comment by LAC-Tech
7 hours ago
I genuinetely do not think Hasbara like this works anymore. The overton window on this has irrevocably shifted since 2023 and it would be a better strategy for you to live within this new reality, rather than making ludicrous claims that the middle eastern country most vehemently trying to shape western views on the region is... Qatar. It just comes across as an obvious projection, and only encourages sentiment that has a real potential to become harmful to you personally.
That is, unless posts like thos are designed to encourage that sentiment, which I sometimes suspect.
I read the news in English and Arabic. If you don't think that Qatar is heavily influencing US university, college, and online sentiment, then I highly suggest that you start reading Arabic news. The Qataris talk about both their intentions and their successes in shaping Western, especially American, public opinion.
It's your propaganda that is failing, but that's not because of whatever bullshit you come up with, it's because people have eyes and ears and they can increasingly see what Amisrael really is. It's over for you and this senseless war is your last breath. Free Palestine.
Instead of claiming "whatever bullshit you come up with" at me, go search for Qatari influence in English too. I prefer Qatari sources in Arabic because then one cannot claim a biased source, but for those who can not read Arabic there is ample English language discussion.
Here's just the first two Google results, enjoy, there's quite a few more from both sides of the US political divide if you would like to start nitpicking sources.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3334519/elite-us-uni...
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5334791-qatars-us-...
I think this shifted overtone window has partially to do with why they started this war to begin with, they see the writing on the wall and their window of opportunity is closing. Trump is at historic lows in polling [1]; 65% of democrats now sympathize more with Palestinians over Israelis (17%) [2]. HN is just a generally reactionary place, I wouldn't read to much into that.
[1] https://www.natesilver.net/p/trump-approval-ratings-nate-sil...
[2] https://news.gallup.com/poll/702440/israelis-no-longer-ahead...
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