Netanyahu Says U.S. Protesters Against Israel's Genocide Stand for 'Barbarism'
If anyone knows about barbarism, it is Netanyahu
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week addressed a conference on antisemitism in Jerusalem and thanked those in attendance for standing “with the forces of civilization against the forces of barbarism.”
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Netanyahu, who ordered a genocide in Gaza that killed over 50,300 and injured 11,000, said, “barbarism is a disease. I say barbarism because antisemitism is a disease carried by barbarians that threaten all civilized societies,” according to Haaretz.
He told the audience that Israel is at war with antisemitism in the Middle East, and with their help, “we do so on the intellectual battlefields of the West”—a thinly veiled acknowledgment of the massive crackdown by the Trump administration on the freedom of speech on college campuses.
Netanyahu, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for allegations of crimes against humanity, praised U.S. President Donald Trump during the speech and credited him for taking “decisive actions against antisemitism,” according to the Associated Press. He warned that there has become a “systemic alliance between ultra-progressive left and radical Islam.”
“I cannot believe that in Boston, in Cambridge, in MIT where I went to school, in nearby Harvard, in Columbia and elsewhere: people are demonstrating. Who are they demonstrating for?” he asked, hypothetically, according to the Israeli newspaper. He said these protesters were supporting “murderers and rapists” and called the support a “reflection of the deep rot that has pervaded free societies.”
The event was organized by the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and included “far-right” politicians in Europe, according to Euronews. Jonathan Greenblatt, the head of the Anti-Defamation League, was also in attendance.