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News How the online knitting world unraveled over Israel and Gaza
Even knitters aren't exempt from internet wars over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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Sports ‘Chetanyahu?’: NBA star sucked into Gaza culture wars over workout video
A clip of Chet Holmgren shooting three-pointers set off a legion of anti-Israel activists on X
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Opinion Nazi Grok is a problem. So are the far-right Jews using AI to spread hate
Pro-Israel social media accounts are sharing AI-generated content that targets Muslims and Palestinians
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Culture Why a Gaza doctor’s striking video about starving babies has gone viral
The doctor in the video is gaunt, visibly malnourished himself, yet he only mentions the hunger of the babies in his care
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Fast Forward Antisemitic memes fail to disqualify Elon Musk’s ‘MechaHitler’ bot from Department of Defense contract
Good enough for government work — and $200 million of taxpayer money
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Fast Forward ‘Kill all Jews,’ Elmo’s X account says during antisemitic, conspiracy theory-laden spree
The tweets, which were removed, focused on the files allegedly maintained by Jeffrey Epstein
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Fast Forward Calling itself ‘MechaHitler,’ Elon Musk’s AI tool spreads antisemitic conspiracies
The posts come after changes by Musk, who has previously made similar claims that Jews promote hatred toward white people
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Culture In the Trump-Musk feud, both sides are united by antisemitism
The supporters of both powerful men went on attack, using the same strategy: accusations of Jewish control
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News Why protests in Iran seem surprisingly pro-Israel
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