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Netanyahu declares holy war against Gaza, citing the Bible (www.middleeastmonitor.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Even though Netanyahu is Jewish, he knows using (and in this case abusing) the Christian bible is a good way to keep support going among US evangelicals and the new Speaker of the House.

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[–] [email protected] 77 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Even though Netanyahu is Jewish, he knows using (and in this case abusing) the Christian bible

He's citing the Hebrew Bible.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's truly no shortage of uninformed takes on the Isreal Palestine situation.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Not only is he citing the Hebrew Bible, it SAYS IN THE LINK THAT HE POSTED THAT HE'S CITING THE HEBREW BIBLE.

Seriously, kids these days, it's like nobody goes to Vacation Bible School anymore