Netanyahu Claims Lebanese Christians Want Israel to Annex Their Territory
What was said
"We take care of our friends especially the Christians in the Middle East, the Christian villages in Lebanon. Some of them have actually asked to be annexed to Israel because we protect them against the fanatics who want to kill them and we do the same things with Christians everywhere."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed in an interview that Christian villages in Lebanon have requested annexation by Israel for protection against extremists. The podcast hosts challenged this assertion, noting that Israel has killed thousands of Lebanese civilians in recent months and devastated Christian towns in South Lebanon through bombing campaigns. They characterized Netanyahu's statement as capitalizing on American ignorance about Lebanon's religiously diverse society, where Christians hold the presidency and comprise over 30% of the population with no reported conflicts with Hezbollah.
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Source and context
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- Programme
- Mario Nawfal Interviews
- Episode
- Bibi's Plan To Annex South Lebanon - w/ Fmr. CIA Larry Johnson
- Clip time
- 2:20
- Original source
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