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Netanyahu declares holy war against Gaza, citing the Bible (www.middleeastmonitor.com)

submitted 1 year ago by GiddyGap@lemm.ee to c/news@beehaw.org

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Even though Netanyahu is Jewish, he knows using (and in this case abusing) the Christian bible is a good way to keep support going among US evangelicals and the new Speaker of the House.

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[-] khalic@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

Then it must be easy to find a reliable source

[-] squaresinger@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago

I found a few sources:

-Times of Israel: https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/netanyahu-goal-of-war-is-to-defeat-the-murderous-enemy-ensure-our-existence-in-our-land/ -Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/amalek-and-jihad-israel-ground-invasion-gaza-c2cfaeb1 -Times of India: https://m.timesofindia.com/world/middle-east/netanyahu-cites-amalek-theory-to-justify-gaza-killings/amp_articleshow/104802548.cms -TAZ: https://taz.de/Benjamin-Netanjahus-Kriegsrhetorik/!5964144/ -NBC: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/israel-hamas-war-gaza-attacks-hamas-idf-netanyahu-long-fight-rcna122651#rcrd23808 -MSN: https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/netanyahu-cites-amalek-theory-to-justify-gaza-killings/ar-AA1j2pvC

Google has a huge amount of hits on this topic. Seems pretty certain that he used a Nazi reference.

[-] khalic@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

Thanks for completeness… what a crazy asshole

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