Israeli soldiers disguised themselves as pro-Palestinian protesters to dupe students into talking with them as part of a propaganda operation across US university campuses.

​Footage captured outside Columbia University in New York last week showed a student approaching a man who was wearing a keffiyeh and holding a Palestinian flag.

The soldier, Adi Karni, said he was, and explained that the ruse was intended to get people to talk to him, since they would not usually want to listen to an Israel supporter.

“When I’m wearing a keffiyah, people listen to me more as a Palestinian, as a Hamas terrorist, instead of listening to the IDF,” he said.

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        We need to institute more expedited and efficacious legal trials and punishments for rich people and high up government positions when they commit crimes and/or acts of treason.

        If a law cannot effectively hold powerful people accountable, it’s not a law, it’s a poverty tax.

        I really hope the FBI and CIA ground members of the Trump White House ahead of the midterm elections and especially the 2028 presidential election.

        I want these people trapped in our country so they can face the consequences of their corruption and war crimes.

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    “The trap worked seamlessly.”

    This makes my blood boil. I can’t even fathom doing something this manipulative to young adults IN ANOTHER COUNTRY. ffs…

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    “When I’m wearing a keffiyah, people listen to me more as a Palestinian, as a Hamas terrorist, instead of listening to the IDF,” he said…

    “Two members of our delegation wrapped themselves up in keffiyehs… and decided to befriend the pro-Palestinian lunatics,” she added. “The trap worked seamlessly… ”

    People in the US, and especially young people, hold increasingly negative views of Israel in the wake of its genocide in Gaza. Just 18% of people aged 18-29 hold a favourable view of the Israeli government, according to Pew Research. Overall, 62% of American adults have an unfavourable view.

    These people honestly believe this. This is what they’re taught, from birth. Somehow, as adults and near adults, they lack the capacity for self-awareness, questioning, self-reflection, much like other abusers.