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

submitted 1 year ago by GiddyGap@lemm.ee to c/news@beehaw.org

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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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[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If he pulls out some old testament shit he's good to go. The Israelites were told to destroy Jericho completely in the story I remember. Just change the name to Gaza and it works out great for him.

[–] JakeBacon@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Funnily enough (not funny actually, considering the war crimes and all), the Old Testament says that the Jews/Isrealites will never get rid of other people living in the area due to not driving them out in their original conquest.

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago

I do love a good irony. Only atheists actually read religious texts though.

[–] solanaceous@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was having a weird one today so I read through the book of Amos. It’s shockingly similar to the current situation.

Amos prophesied that Gaza would be destroyed, even genocided, as a reaction to crimes that included kidnapping entire communities. But that’s just an intro to a prophecy that Israel would be violently and mercilessly destroyed in response to a long list of their own crimes.

I’m not saying that Amos predicted the current situation, just that it’s sad how little we’ve improved in 2500 years.

[–] MaxHardwood@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Prophecies require explicit parameters. Anything else is ad-hoc and you can fit nearly anything to be a prophecy after the fact.