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Following the Oct 7 Hamas attack, "Bibi" referenced holy scripture;
The Dangerous History Behind Netanyahu’s Amalek Rhetoric
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israelis were united in their fight against Hamas, whom he described as an enemy of incomparable cruelty. “They are committed to completely eliminating this evil from the world,” Netanyahu said in Hebrew. He then added: “You must remember what Amalek has done to you, says our Holy Bible. And we do remember.”
As others quickly pointed out, God commands King Saul in the first Book of Samuel to kill every person in Amalek, a rival nation to ancient Israel. “This is what the Lord Almighty says,” the prophet Samuel tells Saul. “‘I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”motherjones.com - Benjamin netanyahu amalek israel palestine gaza saul samuel old testamentSounds like genocide to me.
Amanpour ran a piece tonight about goings on in southern Lebanon, which Israeli government officials are declaring Israel's new "security zone". The bridges over the Litani are being destroyed. The towns and villages are being reduced to rubble. Looks like Lebanon is next to get the Amalek treatment.
Steve
