•  emma   ( @emma@beehaw.org ) 
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    1 year ago

    Israel is such a small country that the percentage of population killed in these attacks is greater than the percentage of the US population killed in 9/11. Everyone knows someone who was killed, kidnapped or injured.

    So yeah, 9/11 has some accuracy as a metaphor.

    •  emma   ( @emma@beehaw.org ) 
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      11 year ago

      Proportionally, when the death toll was at 700, that was already EIGHT TIMES the percentage of population as 9/11. In US terms, the equivalent would be 25,000 deaths through terrorism in a single day. (Source: The News Agents podcast)

      Six hours ago the death toll was reported as over 1000 in Israel.