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The term "eliminationist"[edit]
Is there an alternative for that, 'cause it sounds a lil unwieldy.--Arisboch ☞✍☜☞✉☜ ∈)☼(∋ 18:36, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
- But didn't that start with
Jonah Golderbg[for fuck sake, my apologies to Daniel Goldhagen] and Hitler's Willing Executioners? Or did he just adopt it from someone else? I've seen it used in many contexts since I read that book.---Mona- (talk) 18:43, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
What racist comments did Netanyahu made[edit]
Provide sources or piss off.--Arisboch ☞✍☜☞✉☜ ∈)☼(∋ 19:12, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
- In the last election, he warned his supporters about Arab voters "heading to the polling stations in droves" and endangering the right-wing government. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/17/binyamin-netanyahu-israel-arab-election.
- You know, when I heard this comment, I said: "Is this how the leader of a developed and supposedly secular country which I am a citizen of behaves? This is a shame." I then proceeded to boast of the superiority of the US over Israel, saying that in America, if John McCain had said "the blacks are galloping to the polls" before election day in 2008, he would have never been elected to any office again. In America, I said, the head of state behaves like a responsible adult. Well, a few months later, someone who really wants to annoy me sent Donald Drumpf to run for president. For him to say something like "the mexicans are galloping to the polls, defend your country" is not only possible, but likely. And it will only help his campaign, not hurt it. TeslaK20 (talk) 06:28, 12 June 2016 (UTC)
Arisboch, Muslims are above the law, okay. Wake up, what planet are you on. Stop acting as though Jews are people and have the right to defend themselves, Jeez. --Let Them Eat Cake (talk) 19:31, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
- Actually, Palestinian Arabs, especially in the West Bank, are largely unprotected by the law yet are subject to draconian laws that do not apply to Jews. Including collective punishment. Jewish fascism is on the rise especially in the WB, but also in Israel proper. I've documented these trends several times here and elsewhere.---Mona- (talk) 19:36, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
https://web.archive.org/web/20220718041952/https://www.haaretz.com/2003-12-18/ty-article/netanyahu-israels-arabs-are-the-real-demographic-threat/0000017f-e3c1-d9aa-afff-fbd9f8d50000 Chillpilled (talk) 21:50, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Bro that post predates the Trump admin.
Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante ItalianoMake a Reservation 22:08, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Oh well. Chillpilled (talk) 22:36, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
Iran[edit]
I think the current claims that Netanyahu is a fear-mongerer when it comes to Iran is not exactly right. First there are good reasons to assume that at least some elements in the Iranian regime intend to obtain a nuclear bomb and second, even people within Israel who disagree with Netanyahu on basically everything politically do agree that Iran's nuclear program is a threat to Israel. Furthermore I have read that even if the current nuclear deal is adhered to the "breakout time", that is the time it would take Iran from being fully compliant to having the bomb is a few months at best towards the end of the life of the current nuclear deal. So I think there are valid reasons for Netanyahu to warn of Iranian nukes, even if we may argue about his proposed remedies. Evil Zionist (talk) 20:23, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
Sucking up to Trump[edit]
Yes, it is disgusting that he's sucking up to Trump, but put yourself in his shoes. He has Islamists to his West, Hezbollah to his North, Hamas to his Southwest, Syria to his Northeast and Iran has pretty openly said they want to replace the relatively sane regime in Jordan with one of their proxies. Now Israel can probably survive that for some time even without US help, but imagine what happens when The eighty-something Mahmud Abbas dies... Who replaces him? And what happens in Iran now that they are (mostly) free of the embargo? Evil Zionist (talk) 01:44, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
Illuminating the 2014 Gaza conflict[edit]
I was there when it happened, and I remember it clearly. It all started on June 12th, when three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped and murdered by Hamas (to be fair, one of them was a settler and the others learned in settlements, but that’s no excuse to murder someone), which led to an IDF operation searching for them, resulting in 350 Palestinians getting arrested and 5 being killed. In the following month, Hamas fired countless missiles into Israeli villages and cities (which weren’t in the West Bank), which is what led to the conflict. I won’t deny the IDF committed some war crimes, but it would at least be worthwhile to examine the full story. Mikwee (talk) 10:40, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
Stopped clock[edit]
Can we add a stopped clock section for this guy? There’s probably a handful of things he did that weren’t shitty. 
We need brain! Give us brain! 13:34, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- I feel like adding a "stopped clock" section to this page is like adding a stopped clock section to the Hitler page. You don't have to hand it to the guy committing a genocide. Carthage (talk) 13:36, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- I agree.
Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante ItalianoTry our pumpkin spice lasagna! 15:32, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- I agree.
