Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Lebanese people in a video. (Screenshot from video)
“Christians, Druze, Muslims – Sunnis and Shiites alike. You stand at a significant crossroads,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a video address to the Lebanese people on Tuesday, as he continued his murderous bombing campaign in Lebanon. It was an opportunity for him to tell the Lebanese that Israel is only “defending itself” against Hezbollah, but also to put the Lebanese in front of a single equation: If you do not free your country from Hezbollah, it will lead you to a wider, longer, more destructive war with Israel, similar to Gaza. In other words, the Lebanese have a choice between civil war or Israeli war and invasion.In his video message, which has the illusion of a “friendly conversation” with the Lebanese, a bit like what Hezbollah’s slain secretary general used to do, Netanyahu “explained” to his audience that...
“Christians, Druze, Muslims – Sunnis and Shiites alike. You stand at a significant crossroads,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a video address to the Lebanese people on Tuesday, as he continued his murderous bombing campaign in Lebanon. It was an opportunity for him to tell the Lebanese that Israel is only “defending itself” against Hezbollah, but also to put the Lebanese in front of a single equation: If you do not free your country from Hezbollah, it will lead you to a wider, longer, more destructive war with Israel, similar to Gaza. In other words, the Lebanese have a choice between civil war or Israeli war and invasion.In his video message, which has the illusion of a “friendly conversation” with the Lebanese, a bit like what Hezbollah’s slain secretary general used to do, Netanyahu “explained”...