Israeli Settlers Can Get Away with Murder [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62_JDWywvEI

Comments

computerexSep 27, 2026, 9:35 PM
Why is this flagged? It’s information about what is happening in Palestine. Why is information flagged? Isn’t curiosity and information sharing a principle on which hackers stand?

Dang, or someone can explain why this is flagged?

magicalhippoSep 27, 2026, 10:44 PM
It is flagged because enough users clicked on the "flag" link/action. Users tend to do that for stories they don't feel belong here, which especially happens with politically loaded non-tech stories, as they are listed as off-topic in the guidelines[1]:

Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.

Moderators sometimes unflag stories, if they feel the discussion is genuine.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

iririririrSep 28, 2026, 6:58 AM
25c army
andsoitisSep 27, 2026, 11:04 PM
> Why is this flagged?

The people have voted.

GudSep 28, 2026, 7:41 AM
Who are "the people"? Israeli intelligence is known to have a strong online presence. It is entirely plausible they are flagging this.
computerexSep 27, 2026, 6:41 PM
Excellent video by "Seal On Tour" that shows Israeli terrorists that are supported by the Israeli "defense" force.
andsoitisSep 27, 2026, 6:42 PM
This is not the place.
computerexSep 27, 2026, 9:35 PM
Why? Care to elaborate ?
iririririrSep 28, 2026, 6:57 AM
your HN profile says "be the change you want to see"

...can't make this up. the irony is palpable

verdvermSep 27, 2026, 7:03 PM
Israel crimes are oft discussed on HN and have staying power on the frontpage

Top "israel" posts from the last year, many with over 1000 karma

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastYear&page=0&prefix=tru...

andsoitisSep 27, 2026, 7:30 PM
Presence or occasional popularity are not evidence of desirability.
computerexSep 27, 2026, 9:37 PM
What is then evidence of desirability? Whatever andsoitis considers desirable?

Who the heck are you exactly?

uejfiweunSep 27, 2026, 7:09 PM
Well, I wish they weren't, because this has literally nothing to do with tech and hacking.
computerexSep 27, 2026, 9:37 PM
Information. Use search function there are many things posted here that have nothing to do with tech or hacking.
verdvermSep 27, 2026, 7:34 PM
HN is not just tech and hacking though

some people dislike this, others hold the opposite opinion

From the guidelines

> On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.

> Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.

An interesting example is the results of the US presidential election often sitting at the #1 spot for a while

andsoitisSep 27, 2026, 7:39 PM
And you think this story falls into which category: on- or off-topic?
verdvermSep 27, 2026, 7:44 PM
I would say that on the ground video accounts are more interesting than mainstream media content for this topic in our post-truth world

many submissions span both and the HN community is on average pretty good about filtering wheat from chaff

andsoitisSep 27, 2026, 7:49 PM
The post is not generating interesting discussion. It isn't expanding minds. It doesn't spark curiosity.
verdvermSep 27, 2026, 8:00 PM
I'd counter that it led to a meta discussion about HN, which is good from time to time, to see how each other think about the content policies here, over assuming everyone thinks the same about it only being tech and tangential

if you find content inappropriate for HN, flag it, hide it, and move on

computerexSep 27, 2026, 9:39 PM
Did you even watch the video ? Are you not infuriated by the actions of Israeli settler terrorists?
EA-3167Sep 27, 2026, 8:22 PM
You can go literally any place online to preach this, why is HN trying to carve out something that isn't the same slop you see everywhere else so objectionable? It's the internet, you aren't the only one with a cause, and once that ball gets rolling nothing is ultimately left in its path except purity tests and fights without any intellectual dimension to them.
verdvermSep 27, 2026, 9:04 PM
HNers have been saying the same thing you just did for more than a decade. The negative feedback loop has yet to metastasize
EA-3167Sep 27, 2026, 9:28 PM
Almost as though there’s a prevailing culture opposed to it and backed up by stringent moderation. Think of it as an immune system, you let it go and then body is overwhelmed.
verdvermSep 27, 2026, 9:30 PM
ah, we doing the moderation conspiracy theory too?

I have yet to see any credible evidence or analysis for this in more than 15 years on HN, just anecdotes and occasional instances where moderation shows its a hard and imperfect job

EA-3167Sep 27, 2026, 9:41 PM
I’m giving credit where it’s due, I’m here because the mods are so good at what they do despite the influx of AI posts and the rest.

You misread what I said.

verdvermSep 27, 2026, 10:23 PM
the use of "it" leaves a lot of ambiguity

"stringent moderation" has certain connotations often accompanying the moderation conspiracy theorists comments here

forgive me for interpreting this way based on the above and in the context of your broader comment history