In fiery speech to Congress, Netanyahu vows 'total victory' in Gaza and denounces U.S. protesters
In fiery speech to Congress, Netanyahu vows 'total victory' in Gaza and denounces U.S. protesters
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged in a scathing speech to Congress to achieve “total victory” against Hamas and criticized American opponents of the war in Gaza as “idiots.”
This guy just walked into the capitol of the United States and criticized the American people for exercising their first amendment right. The audacity.
Why are we allowing this man to address Congress? And why did anyone show up?
And isn't there an arrest warrant for him? Oh right:
Netanyahu’s visit comes two months after the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, announced he was seeking an arrest warrant for Netanyahu.
over a hundred Democrat congresspeople boycotted the speech. The republicans had their staff sit in to make the crowd look full
Yup, shoulda sat in, then up and left when he started his speech.
They had so many absentees they needed Elon Musk to fill up the benches. Which is when you know it is bad.
Because his crimes against humanity feed the military industrial complex, to which both major parties are subservient.
Ding ding ding
Half of them were fucking clapping. It's surreal.
Netanyahu can get fucked. Like full stop. I have zero problem with any Jewish people who aren't engaged in genocide. Love you guys. But those that are can get fucked from top to bottom. And he is.
And yet again we have congress members clapping like trained seals to debunked Israel propaganda and the characterization of anti-war protesters being in favor of the killing of civilians.
"My friends, defeating our brutal enemies requires courage and clarity. Clarity begins by knowing the difference between good an evil. Yet, incredibly, many anti-Israel protesters choose to stand with evil. They stand with Hamas. They stand with rapists and murderers. They stand with people who came into the kibbutzim -- into a home -- the parents hid the children, the two babies, in a secret attic. They murdered the families -- the parents. They found the secret attic and then they murdered the babies. These protesters stand with them; they should be ashamed of themselves."
*Thunderous applause, standing ovation
https://youtu.be/Kwi0uD2QlKw?t=5589
This is 2003 Iraq War levels of state-approved disinformation. I feel nauseated.
It's must be like one long nightmare for Palestinians. It's akin to the Great Tribulation, and the politicians who claim to believe in such things are way too happy supporting Israel. I cannot imagine the US standing much longer, not after this and everything else this country has done to the world. It has to end.
Oh honey, the USA has been committing genocide for hundreds of years. This visit is a return to form, not some sudden heel turn.
- a near-total genocide of Native American populations
- a near-total genocide of the Native Hawaiian people (90% population loss following colonization)
- eugenics programs that inspired Hitler (literally not even a joke. This is history.)
- using black folks for medical experimentation without their consent (Tuskegee, etc)
- creating terrorists out of American citizens using the CIA
- constant ongoing state sponsored violence against minorities and the disabled
- 6 million excess deaths caused by the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan
- millions of deaths in Cuba directly caused by American economic terrorism
- egregious human rights abuses. Read up on how Uyghurs in Xinjiang are treated. Really weird how when it happens to American working-class citizens, it’s suddenly not a human rights abuse anymore.
I was told here that voting blue would fix it all. Republicans brought this monster in, will the victorious DNC do anything about it after November besides… hold their applause?
I think we all know the answer. History will remember them as collaborators.
"Incredibly" indeed. I give no credit to his lies.
In writing he comes off an awful lot like Trump to me, if Trump were more coherent anyway.
But maybe it’s because he just sounds like a Republican.
The speech was certainly written with the Republicans in mind, so i wouldn't be surprising if that was intentional.
What of that is debunked?
Immediately after October 7th, there were various sensational and outlandish claims made by Israeli officials that babies were beheaded, put into ovens, murdered in their nurseries, and generally singled out and made to suffer with intentional violence. Since then, no evidence whatsoever has been provided to substantiate these claims and the majority of them have been dropped completely.
UN records indicate that one baby did actually die along with her family after Hamas fighters opened fire into a safe room in Kibbutz Be'eri (page 10), but there were no recorded cases where multiple babies were intentionally targeted and killed in the way that Netanyahu describes.
None of this is to diminish the atrocities that were committed on October 7th, but it is telling that Israel and Netanyahu in particular seem dead set on making the events on that day seem as barbaric as possible in order to somehow justify the large-scale massacring of men, women, and children that is happening in Gaza.
Israel is not going to stop until all the territory of British Mandate Palestine is theirs, and all non Jews are removed from it, one way or another. As an American, it's absolutely infuriating that my government is so committed to helping them do it.
He specifically said in this speech that Israel would not resettle Gaza. It's maybe the first time we've seen him directly oppose the radical wing of his government that has advocated for it.
Well, Israel has proven that they are willing to build settlements in areas they are not supposed to, so forgive me if I don't take him at his word. But, maybe Israel is willing to give up that narrow strip of land, if they can have the rest of Mandatory Palestine. I'd believe that.
He specifically said in this speech that Israel would not resettle Gaza
He was lying. That's like breathing to fascists anywhere in the world, but especially the ones in Israel. If you like podcasts, I recommend you check out Bad Hasbara for hundreds of clear examples of this.
It's maybe the first time we've seen him directly oppose the radical wing of his government that has advocated for it.
He IS part of that radical wing when it comes to Gaza. What the fuck do you think he means by "total victory"?
Israel is not going to stop until all the territory of British Mandate Palestine is theirs, and all non Jews are removed from it, one way or another.
You're aware that over 20% of Israel's population is Arab, right?
“First, they came for the Palestinians, but I did not speak out, for I am not Palestinian…”
Yes, I'm aware there is an Arab, Muslim minority in Israel. They are the non Jews I was referring to.
Total victory sure sounds like a final solution. I wonder where he borrowed that rhetoric.
It’s crazy to me that this dick bag rolled up into our capital and started shit talking the American citizens. Fuck this murdering bastard.
It's disgusting to me that anyone in our government allowed him to set foot in our capital. This bastard should be arrested and tried for his war crimes. He should be given no time to speak, and he deserves no audience.
Yeah but being anti-genocide is the same as being anti-Semitic now.
Cunt!
Fuck this guy. He's a genocidal maniac
Patriotic Republicans who LOVE America AGREE with this Foreign War Criminal that Americans are Idiots!
Gross. Everything about him is gross. To me, he is the personification of every horrid Jewish stereotype. I can't wait for him to drop dead; he will not be missed.
USA allows and celebrates a guy whose country is terrorising its neighbour to address Congress shortly after allowing another guy (Zelensky) whose country is being terrorised by its neighbour to address Congress.
Right before they let him take to the podium, they should have read the names of the hundreds of UN employees his
armybandits have killed so far. As a "quick" placeholder for all the innocent victims of this war.wow, what a huge piece of shit this guy is.
Obligatory fuck this guy
So when do we slam him back?
Since when is giving money and weapons to kill innocent people called ‘slamming’? Because that’s the only thing we do to Israel.
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Total victory! A final solution to the Gaza problem!
Maybe he should go home. Our protests have paved the road to change. If he doesn't like it, he doesn't need our protection in the first place, especially for genocide.
Maybe he should go home
Nah, the Hague seems like a better destination for him.
Gosh. I hope I never get denounced. That sounds horrible. I don't think I'd ever come back from that.
Should probably steer clear of the Civ games then.
Gosh. I hope I never get denounced. That sounds horrible.
if you are in the USA, make sure to not denounce a cop in the name of Jebus... apparently that is an instant invite to 3 bullets to the face
How well does he think we react to people attacking our fellow citizens? I may hate my siblings but God help anyone that attacks them.
We start completely unrelated decade long wars....apparently.
Well that can't be good.
Fuck that guy and send his ass to ass to Alabama to break rocks.
As a proud American this guy and AIPAC need to GTFO of my country.
Good. We are not reliable anymore. Too wishy washy