Re: Gaza Genocide: Netanyahu Invokes Samuel 15:3 Instruction to Eradicate “Amalek”

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drew on ancient scriptural references on Sunday, evoking the biblical nation of ‘Amalek’ to explain Israel’s position in the ongoing conflict with Hamas, which has resulted in significant civilian casualties.

Amid the escalating conflict, Netanyahu turned to ancient scripture to elucidate Israel’s stance. He quoted from First Samuel 15:3, saying, “You must remember what Amalek has done to you, says our Holy Bible. ‘Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them.  Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.'”

“And we do remember, and we are fighting. Our brave troops and combatants who are now in Gaza or around Gaza, and in all other regions in Israel, are joining this chain of Jewish heroes, a chain that has started 3,000 years ago from Joshua ben Nun, until the heroes of 1948, the Six-Day War, the ’73 October War and all other wars in this country.”

Amalek is an ancient biblical nation that was in Canaan, which was a land in the southern Levant. The Amalekites attacked the Jewish people after the exodus from Egypt, and “they are seen as the archetypal enemy of the Jews,” according to Chabad.org. The invocation of this biblical passage serves not only as a historical reference but also as a genocidal lens through which the Prime Minister views the current conflict.

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