🇮🇱 Netanyahu promoted to high school geography teacher as he whips out his pointer to wave at a giant map, attempting to explain to the world why Israel needs to steal and permanently control the Philadelphi Corridor
“Philadelphi corridor will not be evacuated. If Israel will… https://t.co/o603VQvYYF pic.twitter.com/zFDdi0sEwr
— HOT SPOT (@HotSpotHotSpot) September 2, 2024
You know shit is getting serious when the King of All Jews pulls out the Powerpoint.
I rue the day I lived to see this (today).
He’s promoting the idea that Hamas killed the hostages, which doesn’t even make any sense. If you’re incredulous, you can wait for Grey Zone to do a full report on the fact that Israel (accidentally?) killed their own hostages when they were trying to free them, but it’s just obvious. We have video of Israel killing hostages, and no proof that Hamas has ever killed hostages.
There is also no plausible explanation as to why Hamas would kill hostages. What is even the claim?
Benjamin Netanyahu has defied protests at home and criticism from Joe Biden by vowing that Israel would not relinquish control over a strategic corridor along the Gaza-Egyptian border.In a combative press conference, the Israeli prime minister presented control of the Philadelphi corridor along Gaza’s border with Egypt as a primary war aim, entrenching a position that has emerged as a key obstacle to a ceasefire deal.
“Israel will not accept the massacre of six hostages, Hamas will pay a heavy price,” said Netanyahu, standing in front of a wall-sized map of the Gaza strip that included clipart of bombs and missiles crossing the border. “Iran’s axis of evil needs the Philadelphi corridors … Israel must control it.”
Doesn’t he think he looks weak with that little thin pointer? It’s probably gay for any leader to do a Powerpoint, but if I was advising him and he insisted on doing this, I would tell him to use a thick and menacing cane with an ivory skull.
The remarks came hours after the US president met with his top advisers on the Gaza conflict and told reporters that he did not believe Netanyahu was doing enough to secure a ceasefire deal with Hamas.
He’s not doing anything to that end and he’s said from the beginning he doesn’t want a ceasefire and won’t accept it. His stated goal, from the beginning, has been “the destruction of Hamas,” and you can’t destroy someone you have a ceasefire with.
Netanyahu’s remarks came after protests this weekend prompted by the discovery of the bodies of six hostages in Gaza. Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated against the government’s handling of the war in Gaza and efforts to release dozens of hostages who remain in captivity.
Netanyahu has remained defiant over Israeli claims to strategic points in Gaza, despite significant internal and international pressure to secure at least a temporary ceasefire in the 11-month-old war.During his remarks on Monday, the Israeli prime minister apologised to the families of the six hostages found dead in Gaza over the weekend, but then quickly pivoted to defend his government’s control over the Philadelphi corridor. That has been seen as a non-starter for a potential ceasefire deal with Hamas.
Using the deaths of hostages to promote this agenda is ridiculous and stupid.
Fatmericans might have no idea what is going on, but the Israeli people know that it is nonsensical to suggest Hamas just up and decided to start murdering hostages – after keeping them alive for 11 months!
Some (most?) Israeli Jews definitely support Bibi and don’t care if he lies about this, but everyone knows it’s a lie. It makes no sense at all.
(Wait for the Grey Zone reporting, which will confirm my statements.)
“In the war against the axis of evil, in this specific war against Hamas and also in the north, we have set four goals: defeat Hamas; return our hostages; ensure that Gaza does not pose a threat; and to return residents to the south,” he said. “Three of these goals pass through the Philadelphi route, Hamas’s oxygen pipe.”
See? He’s still saying “defeat Hamas.”
So how can he have a ceasefire with them?
This is so dumb.
The Israeli opposition leader, Yair Lapid derided Netanyahu’s presentation as “political spin” with “no relation to reality”.“Not one professional buys this spin. Not the security personnel, not the international system, not the fighters who are actually in Gaza and know the reality there,” Lapid said, according to the Times of Israel.
The Philadelphi corridor has only emerged as an Israeli government talking point in recent weeks, and was not part of the plan that Biden presented in May, which the Israeli government said at the time it accepted.
See? Lapid is saying the same thing I’m saying: no one believes this shit.
Lapid is sort of a lunatic as well (he supports the settlements in the West Bank and a unified Jerusalem), but he at least talks about a two-state solution, and it appears he is genuinely against the direction of the war. He has also said he doesn’t want any Hamas in Gaza, however, so who knows what his current position is. It doesn’t really matter.
Israeli PM Netanyahu: “Hamas will pay a very heavy price. … Iran’s axis of evil needs Philadelphi Corridor. We must control Gaza’s Philadelphi Corridor. I am not flexible on this … If we pull out there will be massive pressure not to go back in. We will not pull out.” pic.twitter.com/X00eVhQWEK
— Children of Darkness 🇵🇸🇿🇦 (@c_of_darkness) September 2, 2024
