Netanyahu attacked Western leaders for their positions since 7 October, saying: "𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘂𝘀."

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𝗡𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗬𝗔𝗛𝗨 𝗧𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗔 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗬 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗘𝗪𝗦 "𝗥𝗨𝗡𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗜𝗥 𝗕𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗗" 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗬 "𝗦𝗨𝗖𝗞 𝗜𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗜𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥'𝗦 𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗞." 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗘𝗖𝗛 𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗨𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗕𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗟𝗜𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗦

𝗢𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝘇𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟳 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗲𝘄, 𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹:

"𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗸. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝟳 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗳𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘂𝗽𝗼𝗻 𝘂𝘀."

𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹: "החינוך לשנאת יהודים וישראלים מפעפע בדמם. הם פשוט יונקים את זה מחלב אמם... בני השטן הללו."

𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝘆. 𝗛𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 "𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀." The sentence says only "𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿." His defenders will say he meant the men who carried out the massacre, and on the grammar alone they have a point. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗶𝘀.

"𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻" 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁. "𝗥𝘂𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱" 𝗮𝗻𝗱 "𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗸" 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲. They describe a trait passed from a mother to an infant through the body, before the infant can speak, let alone be recruited. 𝗡𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽. 𝗙𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆.

𝗛𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿.

At the 2025 state memorial ceremony he said: "𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗸, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀." 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻. 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀. 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘁 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴.

𝗦𝗼 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲. 𝗔 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱, 𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲-𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗜𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳𝗳-𝘁𝗵𝗲-𝗰𝘂𝗳𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆. It was delivered at a 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆, by a 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿, with the 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, and published by the 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲.

𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽. In that same speech on Monday, Netanyahu attacked Western leaders for their positions since 7 October, saying: "𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘂𝘀."

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗝𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘀. In the space of one speech, the Prime Minister of Israel 𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁, saying of another people that hatred is in their blood, that their mothers transmit it in milk, and that they are the offspring of Satan.

𝗦𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀, 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆?

We are not going to pretend to be a court, so here is what the law actually says and where this sits inside it.

𝗔𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗰𝗵, 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲. The United Nations' own 𝗥𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘁 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 sets six tests for prohibited incitement: context, the 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿, intent, content, 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵, and likelihood of harm. A head of government, at a state ceremony, on live national television, during a war, using biological dehumanisation, scores at the top of almost every one of them.

𝗔𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲, 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲.

Under 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗜𝗜𝗜(𝗰) 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, direct and public incitement is a crime in itself, whether or not genocide follows. At the 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮, in the Akayesu judgment and the Media Trial, 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲, not over orders to kill. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝘁, which is why we say it belongs in the evidence file rather than in a charge sheet.

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲.

In 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝘃 𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹 at the 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲, the Court's January 2024 order 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹𝗶 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 as supporting a plausible claim of genocide, and 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲. 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻. 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲. This is precisely the kind of statement that pattern is built from, and it was made 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 that order, by the man the order was addressed to.

𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆. 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘁.

Imagine any other head of government saying that hatred runs in Jewish blood, that Jewish children absorb it through their mothers' milk, and that Jews are the sons of Satan. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱. 𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗼.

𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹.

𝗔 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗚𝗮𝘇𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿.

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