Netanyahu warns people in Lebanon could face destruction 'like Gaza'
Netanyahu warns people in Lebanon could face destruction 'like Gaza'
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Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Lebanese people that they could face “destruction and suffering” like the Palestinians in Gaza if they don’t “free” the country from Hezbollah.
“You have an opportunity to save Lebanon before it falls into the abyss of a long war that will lead to destruction and suffering like we see in Gaza,” the Israeli prime minister said in a video address directed to the people of Lebanon.
"I say to you, the people of Lebanon: Free your country from Hezbollah so that this war can end."
"Free yourself from Hezbollah so that it's easier for us to roll in and take everything" is what he's actually saying.
They've already started advertising for new homes for Israeli's to purchase in Lebanon.
If by "they" you mean Israel, no they aren't.
That ad is fake. It's propaganda from a small, extremist organization that advocates for Israeli settlement of southern Lebanon. They've also sent eviction notices to residents of Labanon via balloons and drones.
The ad was made by an Israeli settler organization, but that doesn't make it fake. The Israeli government pretends to have nothing to do with these things then defends them; that's how their settlements have always work. In the case of an occupation, I don't see any difference between South Lebanon and the West Bank, in which case this ad is very much real.
If by “they” you mean Israel, no they aren’t.
If they meant "far right citizens of Israel that agree with their government's genocide" then, yeah, they are.
Saying that group has nothing to do with Bibi seems an awful lot like saying trump had nothing to do with 1/6.
Can you help me understand how its different?
"Look what you're making me do".
Netanyahu is the closest thing we’ve had to Hitler in quite a while.
Watch out, a French humorist has lost his job for making that comparison
In general I’m not a fan of hitler or nazi comparisons. I understand how someone could take offense at the use of the phrase “grammar nazi” for example.
But the rhetoric and the genocide we have heard from Netanyahu and his cabinet is atrocious, dehumanizing propaganda against not only the Palestinians, but also anyone who believes that all humans should have access to even the most basic human needs.
And as time goes on, Netanyahu is only proving what a sick racist bastard he really is.
He will be remembered for being a shitty human being. And he is seriously hurting the reputation of Israel on the world stage and endangering the lives of actual Israeli citizens and Jewish people all over the world.
He is Hitler.
I wish the US election wasn't between Neville Chamberlain and Vidkun Quisling.
What language was the announcement in?
Israel is very consistent in using the language for televised statements in the language of the intended audience.
When Israel states something in English, the intended audience is generally the US, not whom they are addressing.
We have first genocide, yes, but what about second genocide?
It's looking like the Oprah meme. "You get a genocide, and you get a genocide, and you get a genocide"
I simply can not comprehend how any politicians defend Israel and don't have their reputation in tatters.
I think the same. Not sure what to do about it though. If our choices in this "democracy" are a criminal who wants to murder us all and end our democracy (Trump) or a political party that openly supports genocide (Harris), then its time for our system to find some third solution than voting for one of these two. Its hard to figure out how to do that though. We're all absolutely being played, both dem and republican-- and they arent even doing a compelling job lying to us. Its an extra insult-cherry on top.
It's the exact same playbook as in Palestine.
No doubt there will soon be Israeli "settlers" in Lebanese territory surrounded by enormous areas stolen from the locals "for security".
They’ve already been brainwashing their population for a long time:
Children’s book about invading Lebanon
And advertising properties for sale in Lebanon:
Settler group advertises properties for sale in southern Lebanon
They always claim Hezbollah is terrorist, but surely the IDF have a larger civilian kill count and a larger percentage of civilians killed.
Israel feeling pretty confident there is zero consequences to their actions now.
This is what I don't get... Hezbollah has seats in Lebanon's parliament. How is it any different than Likud? Aside from the whole, "not being actively genocidal" thing. Should we compare civilian casualties between the two groups?
Why are we only cool with democracy (and "spreading" it) when they vote for the people we like?
Edit: well, I stand corrected. Here is an article today showing Hezbollah committing literal war crimes today... Oh no wait. Hold on a second, that was actually the IDF:
So at what point do they become "terrorists"? Or are we just having a pointless semantic argument at this point?
Small Hitler can't get enough.
Netanyahu: "Here I go, killing again!" If I was the US president would simply give Netanyahu the Osama Bin Laden treatment. Have some special ops dump his body in the ocean, send a message to the next Israeli PM there are consequences.
Terrorism is when ones tries to achieve political objectives by putting pressure on a population through attacks on non-military targets.
What Israel is saying here is like Bin Laden hitting the Twin Towers to "pressure their political opponents".
why is this man in government and not standing trial in front of the international criminal court
Because we don't have an international criminal police force.
Points gun at someone's head."Don't make me kill you! If I do it'll be your own fault!"
Israeli terroristic threats levied to innocent civilians. Must be a wednesday.
This motherfucker's threats sound like they came from fictional villains with bad writers, and yet, American politicians can hear him say this and still believe it's totally normal and good to continue funding Israel's unhinged war crimes and genocide.
I can't support this. It's like America's little putin.
That's a tad bit difficult since Hezbollah military rivals that of the Lebanese government. This is pretty much an impossible request and him saying that he's going to cause Lebanon "destruction and suffering"
A yes, the classic "start a war with the people we don't like or we will start the war for you". Truly sympathetic shit.
Warmongering Israel, fun times.
So effing sick... 😥
The only way this possibility ends in peace is an airstrike resulting in Netanyahu's death, which is rather unlikely
That's sort of his plan, to raze it to the ground. What Netanyahu doesn't realize is that all the war money he's burning through is also Israel's defense money, and that it will be some of the last it will ever get even if Trump wins. Biden is getting fed up, and Trump isn't a fan of Israel, he's a fan of money and Russia.
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he'll have to get his piss baby troops into Lebanon first. How's that limited military operation going sir?
