#Israel v #Sparta

#Netanyahu’s citation of Will Durant equating Christ and Genghis Khan as historical equals was a deliberate articulation of a political philosophy: raw power supersedes ethics, moral frameworks are obstacles to “necessary” action, and the victor gets to define what counts as legitimate.

Netanyahu not only forgot about the universal Judeo-Christian values we’ve been forced to accept as morally superior, he also forgets he is a wanted war criminal facing #genocide charges.

The sharpest response I’ve read to his morally bankrupt analysis comes from Ihsan al-Faqih, a Jordanian writer:

[…] “What escaped Netanyahu in this unjust comparison is that Genghis Khan’s empire has vanished, becoming a relic of the past, while the ethics of Christ have endured, transcending time.”

Genghis Khan’s empire is dust, while Christ’s ethical legacy persists, however distorted by evangelists and neo-crusaders in the #US and beyond.

Arabic https://www.alquds.co.uk/%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%88-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AD-%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B2-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%91/

#israel #Sparta #netanyahu #genocide #us #icc #icj #palestine #Iran #gazagenocide #clashofcivilizations #fascism

نتنياهو بين المسيح وجنكيز خان: حين تبرّر القوة نفسها | إحسان الفقيه

في خضم الضجيج العالمي وتزاحم الأزمات، لا تغدو الكلمات مجرد أدوات للتعبير، بل تعرية لما يستبطنه القائل من تصورات وأفكار ونزعات، ومن بين تلك التصريحات الصادرة مؤخرا، ما تحدث به رئيس الوزراء الإسرائيلي بنيامين نتنياهو، حول المساواة بين السيد المسيح والقائد المغولي جنكيز خان. اقتبس نتنياهو عبارة للفيلسوف والمؤرخ الأمريكي ويل ديورانت صاحب الكتاب الشهير […]

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Fun fact

Guess who has also used #Durant to mourn the collapse of #Christian moral order and “dysfunctional” progressive education.

https://www.nas.org/blogs/article/book_review_will_and_ariel_durant_the_lessons_of_history/

The National Association of Scholars is a conservative academic organization. See Reddit post: There is an organization called National Association of Scholars (NAS) specifically to sound like the National Academy of Science, but they are in fact a right-wing think-tank just interested in promoting science denial https://www.reddit.com/r/skeptic/comments/3x6gud/til_there_is_an_organization_called_national/?rdt=64958

#ChristianNationalism #clashofcivilizations

Book Review: Will and Ariel Durant, The Lessons of History | National Association of Scholars

Having completed the 10th volume of The Story of Civilization (with The Age of Napoleon yet to come), Will and Ariel Durant took time to reflect in The Lessons of…

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