Netanyahu releases video attacking Starmer, Macron, Carney as ‘on wrong side of history’ in Gaza row

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has released a video statement targeting Western leaders, accusing them of “moral blindness” and undermining Israel’s right to self-defence as the war in Gaza intensifies.

The video, posted after the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, DC, directly names UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who have all recently condemned Israel’s military actions and threatened sanctions if the offensive continues.

Addressing these leaders, Mr Netanyahu declared, “You’re on the wrong side of justice. You’re on the wrong side of humanity and you’re on the wrong side of history”.

He accused them of rewarding Hamas and ignoring the atrocities committed against Israeli civilians on October 7.

“Last night in Washington, something horrific happened, a brutal terrorist shot in cold blood, a young, beautiful couple, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrom. Yaron had just bought an engagement ring for Sarah. He was planning to give it to her in Jerusalem next week. They were planning to start a new and happy life together,” he said.

“Well, that tragically did not happen. Yaron and Sarah weren’t the victims of a random crime. The terrorist who cruelly gunned them down did so for one reason and one reason alone. He wanted to kill Jews. And as he was taken away, he chanted, ‘Free Palestine.’”

Mr Netanyahu drew a direct link between the attack and the October 7 Hamas assault, saying, “This is exactly the same chant we heard on October 7. On that day, thousands of terrorists stormed into Israel from Gaza. They beheaded men, they raped women, they burned babies alive, they butchered 1,200 innocent people and took 251 innocent people hostage to the dungeons of Gaza.”

He continued, “A short time afterwards, Chancellor Scholz of Germany visited Israel, and after he saw the horrors, he said to me, ‘These Hamas terrorists are exactly like the Nazis.’ He was right, and if they could get away with it, these Hamas terrorists would have slaughtered every last Jew on Earth. For these Neo Nazis, ‘Free Palestine’ is just today’s version of ‘Heil Hitler.’ They don’t want a Palestinian state. They want to destroy the Jewish state. They want to annihilate the Jewish people who’ve been in the land of Israel for 3,500 years,” he said.

Mr Netanyahu directly addressed the leaders of France, Britain, and Canada: “I could never understand how this simple truth evades the leaders of France, Britain, Canada and others, they’re now proposing to establish a Palestinian state and reward these murders with the ultimate prize. Well, for 18 years, we had a de facto Palestinian state. It’s called Gaza. And what did we get? Peace? No, we got the most savage slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust.

He added, “You won’t be surprised to learn that Hamas thanked President Macron and Prime Minister Starmer and Carney for demanding that Israel end its war in Gaza immediately. Hamas was right to thank them, because by issuing their demand, replete with a threat of sanctions against Israel, against Israel, not Hamas, these three leaders effectively said they want Hamas to remain in power. They want Israel to stand down and accept that Hamas, army of mass murderers will survive, rebuild and repeat the October 7 massacre again and again and again, because that’s what Hamas has vowed to do.”

Addressing them directly, Mr Netanyahu said, “I say to President Macron, Prime Minister Carney and Prime Minister Starmer, when mass murderers, rapists, baby killers and kidnappers thank you, you’re on the wrong side of justice. You’re on the wrong side of humanity, and you’re on the wrong side of history.”

He warned, “Now these leaders may think that they’re advancing peace. They’re not. They’re emboldening Hamas to continue fighting forever, and they give them hope to establish a second Palestinian state, from which Hamas will again seek to destroy the Jewish state. And mind you, it’s not going to be a state free of Hamas. When you establish a Palestinian state. We’ve seen it. The radicals take over. Iran sends them in and they take over. So don’t give us this talk. It’ll be a peaceful Palestinian state. It won’t be.

Mr Netanyahu also rejected accusations that Israel is blocking aid to Gaza, stating, “Since October 7, Israel has sent 92,000 aid trucks into Gaza. That’s right, 92,000 aid trucks. That includes 1.8 million tons of aid, more than enough food to feed everyone in Gaza, yet, as we had let the aid come in, Hamas stole it. They took a huge chunk for themselves. The rest, they sold at exorbitant prices to the Palestinian population, and then they used the money they stole to recruit new terrorists to continue their war against Israel.”

He concluded: “No army in the world has ever gone to such lengths to provide aid to the civilian population in the midst of intense combat. And Hamas, of course, opposes this. It shoots Palestinian civilians who want to leave for safe zones, and it shoots Palestinian civilians who want to prevent Hamas terrors from looting the aid trucks intended for them.”

Mr Netanyahu reaffirmed Israel’s objectives, saying, “As for the hostages, we’ll do every effort to secure them. I’m ready for a temporary cease fire to get more out. But we demand, and you should demand, that all of our hostages be released and released immediately. And so should every civilised country demand this.”

He closed by thanking Israel’s allies: “For those who say that Israel stands alone, I say we’re not alone. Justice stands with us. The truth stands with us. History stands with us, and so do countless people around the world who could tell the difference between right and wrong, between good and evil.

“I want to thank all of them, and I especially want to thank President Trump and the American people for their forthright stand with Israel and with the Jewish people. Together, we stand together. We’ll triumph, and we’ll see the victory of civilization over barbarism.”