Defiant Netanyahu denies inciting Palestinian genocide
As the ICJ case against Israel comes into its latter stages, Benjamin Netanyahu has denied that he has ever incited genocidal acts against Palestinians, according to Reuters.
Since October 7, 30,000 in Gaza are feared missing and nearly 25,000 have been killed according to recent data.
The unhinged Israeli Prime Minister played down the situation and quoted a passage from the bible on January 16, “Remember what Amalek did to you”.
Prominent Israelis have a long history of quoting texts from various holy books in what is seen by onlookers as them using their twisted view of religion to justify a killing spree of Palestinians.
The far-right Prime Minister also dubbed the International Court of Justice case against his country, “absurdities levelled against Israel” as well as claiming it was motivated by ignorance.
Netanyahu’s cheerleaders, who are dwindling in numbers, have refuted accusations that he was talking about the whole Gazan population when referencing the Bible passage and claimed that he was in fact talking about Palestinian militants Hamas, who have controlled the enclave since 2007.
READ: South Africa takes Israel to the ICJ for ‘genocidal acts’ in Gaza
Some on Twitter, now X, even pointed out Netanyahu’s apparent biblical inaccuracies.
Political analyst Khalil Sayegh , who covers Israeli and Palestinian affairs, wrote on the social media platform, “As a Christian who reads his Bible, including the Hebrew Bible, and has a degree in biblical studies, this is biblically illiterate. The text reads as follows: ‘Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’ 1 Samuel 15 : 3”
The Israeli Prime Minister has recently made bold threats against Iran-backed groups. Shortly after Hamas’ assault on southern Israel in October, he warned that every member of the Palestinian group was a “dead man”. He has also made numerous threats against Lebanon’s Hezbollah amidst growing concerns that the conflict could spiral across the region.
The ICJ case at The Hague was brought by South Africa who accuses the former of genocide as well as saying it has failed to hold to account those who have incited genocidal acts against Palestinians.
In response to South Africa’s multiple accusations against the country, Israeli lawyer Tal Becker told the ICJ that South Africa’s case was, “an attempt to weaponise the term genocide against Israel” as well as denying “Israel’s right to defend itself”.
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron also claimed that the country has a right to self-defence and called the case “unhelpful” whilst Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said it was “completely unjustified and wrong”.
It is believed that a ruling on South Africa’s accusations won’t be made soon.
Reuters/ BBC News
