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  • I don’t know specifically, but here are a couple of possibilities, also being charitable to Magyar and assuming no invitation was made:

    • He is trying to not agitate things too much with Netanyahu, hoping to achieve something through back channels. Often diplomacy, especially in this day and age, involves not being too brash publicly to avoid anything that could disrupt something happening behind the curtains. Often times only sticks don’t work, you need carrots as well.

    • Netanyahu is constantly preaching that Israel is constantly under attack, is the underdog, is never regarded, etc., which is often used to distract from or even support the atrocities being committed. Magyar possibly doesn’t want to support that narrative. An explicit denial of an invitation can be used to say “see how nasty they are with us”, which can be in turn used to rally Netanyahu’s supporters or even those more extreme than him (thinking of the likes of Gvir). If you avoid feeding that narrative and give something like this (maybe with a little “nudge nudge wink wink”), maybe that can avoid the heat going up any further while still showing those who are more level headed that no, there was no invitation.

    • There’s an argument to be made to ignore false statements instead of responding to them directly. Depending on who you talk to, responding to statements can give them a certain legitimacy. Think of a (maybe too) similar situation: a fascist makes a statement that is flat out false, like “immigration is causing a crime wave”. You can respond to that statement, explain how it’s false, etc., but since you’re responding to that statement, you are inevitably also mentioning that statement, potentially spreading it further, and generally giving it more air. Or you can ignore that statement in hopes of suffocating it. While I generally tend to the former approach myself, there is an argument to be made for the latter approach.

    Not saying I’m a fan of Magyar (I’m not, even if he is much better than Orban), agree with his decision or am completely convinced there was no invitation, but there definitely are plausible scenarios where there is a solid reasoning behind this.





  • no spam possible

    Only contacts can message you. Yes, it technically almost eliminates the possibility of spam, but it also means you explicitly have to exchange data first. So, no “here’s my email address, you can send it to me there”, no “do you have XYZ’s address”, no “I lost access to my previous address, this is my new one”. I realize all of these scenarios can be seen as risks, but they’re still important in day to day life and will be a major hindrance to adoption.