Alex Jones has caused controversy online with his remarks about Israel, accusing the country of committing “mass genocide” in its war with Hamas.

In a post to X, formerly Twitter on Thursday, the InfoWars creator claimed: "Israel has lost the high ground. This is not war. It is robotic mass genocide.

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    8 months ago

    Is this a ploy to up his brand with nazis or something? I can’t think of any other reason he would do this. He’s obviously not someone who cares about morality or truth.

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      8 months ago

      In Hungary, there is a straight-up nazi party that is used to test the waters for the government’s more “radical” ideas, as well as catch the splintering radicals, so the government can keep dictating where the “centre” is.

      This might be the right trying to test the Genocide Joe message with a broader audience.

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        Yeah that could be as well. I saw an article recently about how some neo-nazis were attaching themselves to the Palestinian liberation movement to try to seduce angry people into adopting their ideology. Important to be wary of these tactics. Though I’m not sure who would be naive enough to accept Alex Jones as an ally uncritically.

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      8 months ago

      Probably seeing the winds shift and jumping ship.

      It’s just funny that Alex Jones is now more left than AOC and Bernie Sanders.