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Wildfires and Wild Accusations: How Israel Is Being Blamed for the LA Fires

JL;DR SUMMARY Amid catastrophic wildfires in Los Angeles County, some activists are using social media platforms to inaccurately blame Israel, linking the fires to the Israel-Hamas conflict and alleging U.S. support for Israel exacerbates such disasters. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Social MediaConspiracy TheoriesActivismCaliforniaU.S. Military AidHamas ConflictWildfiresEnvironment

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Los Angeles, California, United States
"In the midst of the devastating wildfires that have been burning in Los Angeles County since January 7, social media, too, has been ablaze with anti-Israel rhetoric."
Mexico City, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
"commenting on a video of the Israeli embassy in Mexico City being set on fire by pro-Palestine demonstrators, that a single spark can light a prairie fire, may this be the spark."
New York, United States
"being accused of antisemitism by Congressman Ritchie Torres (D-NY), The Times of Israel, JNS and The New York Sun, Code Pink posted another video claiming that anti-Palestinian groups really don’t want people making the connections between the U.S. [and] Israel's genocide in Gaza and the climate crisis."
Louisiana, United States
"Yair Rosenberg, writing in The Atlantic, cautioned against scapegoating foreign powers like Israel for local issues such as wildfires, highlighting the fact that, despite the U.S. governments military aid to Israel, California remains one of the wealthiest states globally, with a strong economy and tax revenue base."
London, England, United Kingdom
"This study is only a snapshot of the larger military boot print of war—a partial picture of the massive carbon emissions and wider toxic pollutants that will remain long after the fighting is over, Benjamin Neimark, a senior lecturer at Queen Mary, University of London, and coauthor of the research told The Guardian."
San Joaquin Valley, California, United States
"Wonderful Co. does have a majority stake in a San Joaquin Valley water bank, but Politifact has posted that these allegations are false, writing, The claim that the Resnicks own nearly all—or even a large portion—of California's water is a massive exaggeration."

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