It’s All About Definitions

Netanyahu: In this battle against the barbarians, we've had no greater partner than President Trump. I thank him pic.twitter.com/n3iZ7s9PEt

— Acyn (@Acyn) September 24, 2026

"Barbarians? Are they at the gate? Is the empire imperiled? Is Israel the only source of civilization in the Middle East?

“Barbarian” comes to us from the Ancient Greeks. It was a demeaning term for non-Greek speakers, comparing their languages to baby talk. The Greeks were civilized, the non-Greeks were…not. See, e.g., “Medea.” Euripedes knew the score. Greece v. the world. How’d that work out for them?
 

Netanyahu: To the protesters outside… you’re phony human rights protesters. Christians—their numbers are plummeting everywhere in the Middle East where they're being persecuted, except one place, my country, Israel pic.twitter.com/CPo4uCwww0

— Acyn (@Acyn) September 24, 2026

I’ve seen tweets from people protesting the presence of Muslims in this country. They would happily persecute Muslims here. Trump is happily persecuting anyone here who’s s non-white. Is that better because we’re “civilized”? Or because Trump went to war against Iran for Israel? Is it Bibi’s argument that the ignorant racists in this country are “civilized”?

Netanyahu: The Iranian regime is especially afraid when their people have this. When their people have this. This is a communications device, Starlink, that allows people to access truth pic.twitter.com/UAErZed4dq

— Acyn (@Acyn) September 24, 2026

A plug for Elmo, another white supremacist. Birds of a feather, I guess.

Netanayhu: You've repeatedly accused Israel of genocide. Mr. Mamdani, you tried to stop me from coming here. You tried to silence me. Well, you can't silence me. You can't silence the truth. And here's the simple truth. Israel didn’t commit genocide. Israel prevented genocide. pic.twitter.com/9bwndksZBP

— Acyn (@Acyn) September 24, 2026

Punching down and defining the slaughter of innocent people as a defense against genocide. I’m pretty sure that’s what the Nazis told themselves. It wasn’t a defense then, either.

Netanyahu: Our values have inspired humanity for millennia.. our eternal quest for peace. pic.twitter.com/bhzOl8MC1L

— Acyn (@Acyn) September 24, 2026

War is peace. And Israel needs lebensraum so it can have peace. Or it just needs to define its boundaries very broadly. And pick which of its neighbors get to…live. 

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on delegations walking out of Netanyahu’s speech: Why would you leave the room? pic.twitter.com/xyCTwUWZwR

— Acyn (@Acyn) September 24, 2026

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