Thursday, August 14, 2025

Netanyahu Backs Idea of “Greater Israel,” Which Includes Parts of Jordan, Egypt

(It could be argued that Netanyahu is scared of the zealots in his country now that he has helped empower them much like Trump is afraid of the MIC here in the states and that they both are doing the bidding of these fascist extremist elements out of fear. 

Yitzhak Rabin was killed in '95 by a far right Zionist zealot when he was considering the 2 state solution...

John F. Kennedy was killed by the MIC and others after he kicked off his campaign to seek peace with the Soviet Union with his famous Peace Speech in the summer of '63.)

from Truthout

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that he feels “very” attached to the extremist vision of “Greater Israel,” a plan for the conquest of not just historic Palestine but also parts of Egypt, Jordan, and potentially other countries.

In an interview with Israeli outlet i24 on Tuesday, Netanyahu said in Hebrew that he is on a “historic and spiritual” mission, per translations by Times of Israel and Middle East Eye.

The interviewer gives Netanyahu an amulet, which is not visible on screen, that he says depicts “Greater Israel” and a “map of the promised land.” When he asks if the prime minister agrees with the vision of Israel, Netanyahu says, “very much.” 

“Greater Israel” refers to an Israeli vision, pushed by ultra-nationalists, of conquering Gaza, the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, as well as the Sinai Peninsula, Syria’s Golan Heights, and Jordan. Some versions of “Greater Israel” also refer to Lebanon, other parts of Syria and Egypt, and even parts of Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a key coalition partner for the prime minister, has previously pushed the idea of a “Greater Israel.” Last year, Smotrich said in an interview for a documentary that he believes that Israel must expand to encompass Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. “The future of Jerusalem is to expand to Damascus,” he reportedly said, per Middle East Eye...

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