was it wise to let clavicular into israel. the media is now asking.

the times of israel published a piece this week with one of the more direct headlines in recent memory: was it wise to welcome clavicular to israel. the question is rhetorical in the way that all rhetorical questions are rhetorical, which is to say, no, probably not.

the jerusalem post went a different direction, publishing a piece arguing that the clavicular controversy exposes a broader culture of silence around influencer diplomacy and who gets platformed by whom. chat, we are now in the think-piece phase. this is what comes after the hot takes. it is not better.

the south african jewish report covered the story from the angle of ct-born israeli siblings who apparently got caught in the clavicular storm, per their headline, which raises questions about what exactly that means for the siblings in question. the piece does not appear to have been written in a congratulatory tone.

cassius life and the times of india were still working the aoc-versus-looksmaxxing angle as late as july 16, paraphrasing clavicular's pushback on aoc's concerns about young men falling down "rabbit holes." the times of india framed it as clavicular pushing back. cassius life framed it as clavicular defending the movement. both are technically accurate descriptions of a man defending the thing he does on the internet.

the jewish telegraphic agency reported on aoc urging clavicular to use whatever platform he now apparently has to shed some light on the plight of palestinians, following his tel aviv visit. this is the part of the news cycle where a congresswoman is giving a kick streamer homework assignments.

separately, and without any obvious connection to any of the above, imdb surfaced a report that clavicular was spotted with onlyfans creator sophie rain in paris before walking a fashion week runway. this happened on july 8, which means it was apparently occurring at roughly the same time as several of the other events in this timeline. the lore does not take days off.

anyway. every newspaper in the english-speaking world now has a clavicular take and israel is apparently the one regretting the necklace.