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[NYT headline] An Emboldened Israel Is Seizing Opportunities to Remake Region With the war against Iran underway, and the U.S. military as a powerful ally, the Israeli government is seizing its chance to move against other adversaries.

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[NYT headline] An Emboldened Israel Is Seizing Opportunities to Remake Region With the war against Iran underway, and the U.S. military as a powerful ally, the Israeli government is seizing its chance to move against other adversaries.
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Alfie Kohn (alfiekohn@sciences.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Mar-2026 17:59:16 JST Alfie Kohn

My go-to illustration of the concept of unfalsifiability - where a claim grounded in ideology such that no facts can ever dislodge it - is the belief that Israel, which, beyond its continuing slaughter of Palestinians, has lately attacked Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and now Iran, is always just defending itself and therefore deserving of support.

In conversation about 5 months ago from sciences.social permalink