From breitbart.com
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a video Wednesday blasting antisemitism on American college campuses, saying the atmosphere had become like Germany in the 1930s, and calling on leaders to do more to fight it.
Netanyahu was responding to a wave of radical anti-Israel and antisemitic protests at Columbia University and other college campuses. Columbia moved to “hybrid” online learning due to the threat to the security of Jewish students.
In a two-minute address in English, Netanyahu — who graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one of the campuses engulfed by radical protests today — warned about the historic precedents for today’s protests.
“Antisemitic mobs have taken over leading universities,” Netanyahu said. “They call for the annihilation of Israel. They attack Jewish students. They attack Jewish faculty. This is reminiscent of what happened in German universities in the 1930s.”
He called the responses of several university presidents “shameful,” adding that “more has to be done.”
He added that the protesters were not just calling for the death of Israel and the death of Jews, but for the death of America. He noted that antisemitism has often destroyed the societies that have allowed it to flourish.
Netanyahu added that the accusations made by protesters against Israel were “one big lie,” noting that this, too, was not new. “We’ve seen in history that antisemitic attacks were always preceded by vilification and slander — lies that were cast against the Jewish people that were unbelievable — yet people believe them.”
He said that all who wished to defend western civilization had to unite to stop antisemitism — on university campuses and around the world.
Funding for the protests is reportedly coming from a variety of radical sources — including, according to the UK Daily Mail, Democratic Party mega-donor George Soros. The Wall Street Journal also reported this week that the protests fit a strategy promoted by Hamas and other Iran-backed groups to undermine western support for Israeli security.
Update: The Prime Minister’s Office released the full transcript of Netanyahu’s statement:
What’s happening in America’s college campuses is horrific. Antisemitic mobs have taken over leading universities. They call for the annihilation of Israel. They attack Jewish students. They attack Jewish faculty. This is reminiscent of what happened in German universities in the 1930s. It’s unconscionable. It has to be stopped. It has to be condemned and condemned unequivocally. But that’s not what happened. The response of several university presidents was shameful.
Now, fortunately, state, local, federal officials, many of them have responded differently but there has to be more. More has to be done. It has to be done not only because they attack Israel, that’s bad enough, not only because they want to kill Jews wherever they are, that’s bad enough, it’s also when you listen to them, it’s also because they say not only, ‘Death to Israel. Death to the Jews,’ but ‘death to America.’ And this tells us that there is an antisemitic surge here that has terrible consequences.
We see this exponential rise of antisemitism throughout America and throughout Western societies as Israel tries to defend itself against genocidal terrorists, genocidal terrorists who hide behind civilians. Yet it is Israel that is falsely accused of genocide, Israel that is falsely accused of starvation and all sundry war crimes. It’s all one big libel. But that’s not new. We’ve seen in history that antisemitic attacks were always preceded by vilification and slander, lies that were cast against the Jewish people that are unbelievable yet people believed them.
Now, what is important now is for all of us, all of us who are interested and cherish our values and our civilization, to stand up together and to say enough is enough. We have to stop antisemitism because antisemitism is the canary in the coal mine. It always precedes larger conflagrations that engulf the entire world.
So I ask all of you, Jews and non-Jews alike, who are concerned with our common future and our common values to do one thing: Stand up, speak up, be counted. Stop antisemitism now. source
“ Follow the money”…
ALWAYS
“He noted that antisemitism has often destroyed the societies that have allowed it to flourish…”
Absolutely! No one can touch the apple of the Lord’s eye and escape being strafed for it, and history shows that He means what He said regarding that. One of the most graphic illustrations is the chaos, mayhem, degradation and death which Hitler and the Nazis brought on Germany — all because Germans would either not speak out against them for whatever reason, and also because far too many Germans actually welcomed them, and even if they did not hate Jews in particular, certainly didn’t care at all for them either and were more than happy to join in all the evil against them.
Praise the Lord that He is constantly watching over Israel! 🙂
AMEN!
It’s worse than 1930s. This time it’s more world wide than just Germany and a few bordering country’s.
The German evangelical church a third of all Germans was on the side of the Jews but had been disarmed and couldn’t help.
Americans are still armed but a big chunk of American evangelicals are unwell polluted by replacement theology. It’s worse than it was before.
Geri, don’t you think if it were Christians and Jews protesting against Hamas that they would have already been squashed and that many of them would’ve already been put in prison. It just seems like if it’s a negative protest full of hate and violence those currently in power would allow it to continue and allow destruction of property with many innocent lives in harms way.
And we come again to depopulation. They know full well that if Christians and Jews protest, that the greater majority (or all) would be peaceful and not violent. So, you are right – the powers that be WANT the hate and violence. Also, this is a spiritual war. It is truly good vs. evil. The evil side want all Jews to die. It’s not a fight about 2 states…blah blah blah. Like they chant “From the river to the sea…….” That means NO ISRAEL any longer. GOD will NOT allow this!
100% agree with what Bibi had to say. This is an attack on everyone. It is good against evil.
AMEN & AMEN!!
I remember the demonstrations of the 60’s, and Kent State. Plus lots of protesters at the DNC; I believe it was the year LBJ bowed out, over Vietnam. I suspect the same crowd is behind this activity. If the National Guard were to fire on these, it would create quite an uproar. Is that what they’re after? Provoking a reaction, prior to an election?
I have such a suspicious mind. 🤔
Everything points to the election. The more riots – the better they will like it. I have a feeling (and of course I don’t know for sure) that all signs point to NO election.
Soros may be Jewish but he was indroctrinated as a youth to betray his fellow Jewish brothers for profit and has never ceased from his Judas goat behavior in leading Jews to death.
Totally agree! Trying their best to gin up WWIII, as a distraction from what they’re really about.
As to Israel, I hope they take care of business, for their sakes and ours.
That pier being built- are they getting ready to ship Hamas straight over here, as if the border invasion isn’t enough?😳 By that, I mean Biden& Co. saying we welcome the
“persecuted Palestinians.”
It took me a long time to understand the Old Testament mandates from God pertaining to dealing with certain tribes.
I get it now.
They are not welcome in Egypt or Jordan. For good reason!
Hamstringing Israel is going to come back like a boomerang 🪃 on the USA.