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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If he pulls out some old testament shit he’s good to go. The Israelites were told to destroy Jericho completely in the story I remember. Just change the name to Gaza and it works out great for him.
I was having a weird one today so I read through the book of Amos. It’s shockingly similar to the current situation.
Amos prophesied that Gaza would be destroyed, even genocided, as a reaction to crimes that included kidnapping entire communities. But that’s just an intro to a prophecy that Israel would be violently and mercilessly destroyed in response to a long list of their own crimes.
I’m not saying that Amos predicted the current situation, just that it’s sad how little we’ve improved in 2500 years.
Prophecies require explicit parameters. Anything else is ad-hoc and you can fit nearly anything to be a prophecy after the fact.
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Even though Netanyahu is Jewish, he knows using (and in this case abusing) the Christian bible
He’s citing the Hebrew Bible.
Not only is he citing the Hebrew Bible, it SAYS IN THE LINK THAT HE POSTED THAT HE’S CITING THE HEBREW BIBLE.
Seriously, kids these days, it’s like nobody goes to Vacation Bible School anymore
There’s truly no shortage of uninformed takes on the Isreal Palestine situation.
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Be aware that Middle East Monitor is rated “Factual reporting: Mixed” and strongly biased as it sometime use poor sources and use loaded words.
La Croix published an alaysis of this Isaiah Prophecy quote (french). They found it’s a poor and/or convoluted reference, and that article do not mention “Holy War” so this expression is most likely editorializing from the Middle East Monitor.
It’s really just a video of Netanyahu saying the words himself. It’s not interpreted or analysed by the website. Don’t see how that can be very biased.
I watched it a second time to be sure. While the voiceover doesn’t say “Holy War” he does cite religion and sounds like religious radicals dog-whistle.
There’s good reasons to be critical of Netanyahu government, but I’d still suggest seeking better sources.
Lol this is a propaganda outlet
It’s Netanyahu speaking directly in a video. Not being interpreted or analysed by the outlet.
Then it must be easy to find a reliable source
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.
Thanks for completeness… what a crazy asshole
