a report on satanyahu's un rant;

 

 Benjamin Netanyahu spoke at the UN General Assembly yesterday in New York. Hundreds of protesters blocked access roads to the UN, and about a hundred were arrested for demanding Netanyahu’s arrest — among them actors Susan Sarandon, Hannah Einbinder, and Debra Winger. 

Inside the hall, as Netanyahu took to the stage, a walkout of many dozens ensued for about 1.5 minutes, as Israel’s cronies chanted “Am Yisrael Chai” (‘the nation of Israel lives’). 

The speech itself was a potpourri of lies and incitement, vacillating between condemnations of Zohran Mamdani and Hassan Piker to recounting Israel’s standard October 7 atrocity propaganda and shamelessly repeating the line about Israel having the “most moral army in the world.” 

But then, the Israeli Prime Minister chose to end his speech with a seemingly obscure verse from the Bible: “Nezah Israel lo yeshaker,” or “the eternity of Israel will not falter.” The line is sometimes translated as “the eternal one of Israel shall not lie.”

Either way, readers unversed in the Bible will no doubt find all of this vague. But Netanyahu’s followers in the national-religious camp know exactly what he’s referring to — and it’s a genocidal dog whistle..........more.........