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It is important to say that in the case of
this war in Gaza or its escalations in
Lebanon and the other Middle Eastern
fronts, the images are more powerful than
words, while this is the first well
documented war, many countries still
believe and praise the repetitive Israeli-
narrative and offer them support and
military aid, and others have condemned
them. But after Netanyahu’s speech at the
United Nations General Assembly, the
Prime Minister insisted on showcasing the
“moral and peaceful legitimate war”
conducted by his state. Despite the fact
that Israel advocates for peace (according
to Netanyahu) the Prime Minister has not
shown any real initiative to end the war
and the regional escalation. In fact, it will
persist till Israel fulfill its motives in the
region because it is “winning”.
Netanyahu’s speech also aims to address
all the “lies and slanders levelled at Israel”
he came to “set the record straight” to
refute the “genocidal claims” while
previous Israeli attacks on Gaza have
killed (according to the Palestinian Health
Ministry) over 41,500 Palestinians and
wounded more than 96,000 others since
October 7.
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He also addressed the moral confusion where
Israel is “being falsely accused of genocide”
while it is actively trying to “defend itself
against its enemies”, which instantly
legitimizes Israel attacks on Lebanon and
Gaza. Netanyahu rejects the ICC arrest
warrant issued against him, he justified his
actions as Israel’s right to remove Iran’s and
its proxies’ “threat” and advocates for the
return of Israeli hostages and citizens. On the
other hand, the Prime minister has been
criticized by his own people in the Israeli
protests and riots last September, as the war
he is conducting is uselessly draining the
state’s economy and didn’t bring their loved
ones home. In addition to that, many Israeli
hostages have been killed by attacks
conducted of their own state in order to erase
the Palestinian population.
Moreover, Netanyahu opted for the
traditional narrative Israeli narrative of the
“good peaceful” side against the “evil
terrorist” side: Iran manipulating Hamas, the
Houthis and Hezbollah to indirectly fight the
“peace loving state”. Currently the tensions
between both states are peeking following the
Iranian attacks on Israel, and Israeli raids
assassinating Hamas’ political chief Ismail
Hanniyeh or Hezbollah’s secretary general
Hassan Nasrallah. During his speech,
Netanyahu constantly justified this legitimate
war by also adopting an important Zionist
narrative of the victimizing the Israeli state
that is being continuously persecuted, but this
time the persecuted state can finally stand for
itself, and the world should stand
behind it.
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