Al Mayadeen English

  • Ar
  • Es
  • x
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Features
  • Videos
    • NewsFeed
    • Video Features
    • Explainers
    • TV
    • Digital Series
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Features
Videos
  • NewsFeed
  • Video Features
  • Explainers
  • TV
  • Digital Series
Infographs
In Pictures
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • MENA
  • Palestine
  • US & Canada
BREAKING
Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib: The assassinations were scheduled to be carried out on Saturday with the aim of stirring up national and sectarian strifes in the country
Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib: A series of attempts to assassinate a number of Sunni scholars, judges, and IRGC officers was thwarted
Twin shootings in Rotterdam led to multiple deaths: Dutch police
Dutch Police: Rotterdam shooter arrested
US imposes fresh Sudan-related sanctions: Treasury Department
Dutch Police: Two were wounded in a shooting in the city of Rotterdam, southwest of the country, and the attacker is still at large
Russia halts nuclear fuel exports to US over lack of insurance: Rosatom
Russian Defense Ministry: Ukrainian drone destroyed over Russia's Bryansk region.
Nagorno-Karabakh announces cessation of existence of unrecognized republic.
Russian Defense Ministry: Air defense forces intercepted Ukrainian aircraft-type UAV over Bryansk region.

Netanyahu: US & "Israel" brought morality to the world

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Al Monitor + Al Mayadeen English
  • 3 Dec 2022 15:23
  • 2 Shares
  • x

Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu reveals similarities between US and "Israel" when it comes to history, morality, and shared values.

  • PM-designate Benjamin Netanyahu believes the chosen people taught the world morality (Reuters)
    PM-designate Benjamin Netanyahu believes the "chosen people" taught the world "morality" (AP)

The US and "Israel" have long shared a "deep bond" as Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu puts it. Moreover, the PM-designate described the US' history of wars and hegemony-expanding policies as being protective of liberties, democracy, and human rights. In a similar stunt, Netanyahu said "we have brought to the world the idea of morality."

Netanyahu responds to questions on the Bari Weiss “Common Sense” podcast earlier this week and a recent article for Al-Monitor, written by Ben Caspit, an Israeli journalist, revealed information about the future of Chinese-Israeli relations in light of the US-Israeli relations.

During the interview, Weiss addressed the US' receding role on the global stage "as the world's policeman" while also noting the drifting away of the Democratic party from "Israel" and asked Netanyahu if that is the reason behind "Israel's" growing decision to cooperate and ally with China?

To this end, the PM-designate said "America is an indispensable ally," making reference not only to the significant role it played regarding the "rise of 'Israel' in the first half of the 20th century," but also the role of the US in enforcing its liberal values upon a world in which it played a leading hegemonic role.

In that regard, Netanyahu noted that it would be a "tragedy if the United States abandons its role."

The rise and fall of world orders

Weiss, however, insisted on the fundamental question, considering the matter of inevitable eventuality given the ongoing changes on the global level, and asked Netanyahu whether he would "need to prepare for that possible eventuality?" 

Weiss went further to assume the PM-designate, in his political career and decisions, already has done so, and asked if his decision to open "Israel" up to growing cooperation with China, India, and other nations is an alternative in the case of American demise.

It is worth noting that among other infrastructure projects, China is now developing the Tel Aviv light rail and operating Haifa's shipping port, as Weiss chose to remind the PM-designate. 

Netanyahu told Weiss "I think that there is a limit to how much we can open ourselves up to being dependent on non-like-minded states," and explained, "We'll continue to work with China, but we'll also protect our national interests."

Moreover, according to an anonymous source cited by Al-Monitor, Netanyahu "knows how important the China issue is for the [US] administration and is willing to cooperate with this policy more energetically than he was in the past," adding "If he thinks this will make it easier for him to change the situation in Judea and Samaria [West Bank] and carry out its de facto annexation, he is probably wrong.”

Related News

Erdogan to meet Netanyahu in New York next week: Reports

White House declines to confirm Netanyahu-Biden meeting

Read more: Gruesome details of massacres against Palestinians in classified Israeli documents

Shared values in genocide and stolen land

The Weiss question regarding the importance of US-Israeli relations in light of a changing global order drove Netanyahu to admit that the two countries share "common values and not only common interests." 

The PM-designate explained that "there is a deep bond" between the two countries, highlighting that "Israel" is "the original Jerusalem" while "Americans are the new Jerusalem, the new promised land."

In 1948, "Israel" was established on the back of murdered Palestinians and annexed lands, in a shared experience with America's discovery by Christopher Columbus. 

Israeli newspaper Haaretz revealed in August that members from the Security Ministry ordered the sealing of historical documents containing proof of “Israel’s” nuclear project and the mass killings of Palestinians as well as the destruction of their homes, during the Nakba.

In parallel, and according to a report by the US Department of Interior in May, there are marked or unmarked burial sites at more than 50 locations, out of a total of more than 400 that made up the Federal Indian boarding school system between 1819 and 1969.

Columbus exploited the term Territorium res nullius, Latin for “no man’s territory”, to frame the perimeters of the Doctrine of Discovery, which stipulated that uninhabited territory can be declared by whoever discovered it as one’s own. 

In abusing this term’s definition and aim, Columbus and those who followed his footsteps used the term to justify why the land they had set foot on was now theirs. The doctrine is plainly and intrinsically induced by beliefs of racial and religious superiority - what was not of white skin or Euro-Christian, was not worthy of the right to self-determination. 

'Morality' and the 'chosen people'

In a brief question, Weiss addressed Netanyahu and asked whether he believed that "the Jewish people are chosen?" 

To that Netanyahu, confidently responded with a yes, and explained that "we have brought to the world the idea of morality." 

This is better explained after understanding Netanyahu's perception of America and what unites the two countries on a deep level; "shared values."

To conclude, Weiss asked the PM-designate whether "Israelis have more in common with Arabs or American Jews?" To which Netanyahu responded with "On deep-set values, definitely American Jews."

This comes to show how detached "Israel" is from the history it claims on the historical level, social level, and structural levels. 

Read more: Mass grave in Palestine: Israeli soldiers admit to massacre

  • netanyahu
  • US
  • "Israel"
  • Benjamin Netanyahu
  • China

Most Read

Russia destroyed leopard tank in Ukraine with fully-German crew

Russia destroyed leopard tank in Ukraine with fully-German crew

  • Europe
  • 23 Sep 2023
Blinken’s ‘Variable Geometry’ for a New Cold War

Blinken’s ‘Variable Geometry’ for a New Cold War

  • Analysis
  • 24 Sep 2023
Zelensky joins Canadian Parliament’s ovation to WWII Nazi soldier

Zelensky joins Canadian Parliament’s ovation to WWII Nazi soldier

  • US & Canada
  • 25 Sep 2023
BBC from the front lines in Ukraine: It's bad, counteroffensive failed

BBC from the front lines in Ukraine: It's bad, counteroffensive failed

  • Europe
  • 28 Sep 2023

Coverage

All
Morocco & Libya Disasters

Read Next

All
BBC to restrict top hosts' social media usage
Europe

BBC to restrict hosts' social media for chiding anti-migration remarks

Germany, 'Israel'
Europe

Germany signs 'historic' deal to acquire Israeli-made Arrow 3 system

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a media briefing at the State Department, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023, in Washington. (AP)
Europe

'Never say never': Blinken on Biden-Putin meeting in the future

Plastic found in clouds may contaminate everything we consume
US & Canada

Microplastics in clouds cause 'plastic rainfall', infect everything

Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • x
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS