➡ The use of biblical references and religious beliefs, like the reference to Amalek and the Book of Joshua, play a pivotal role in Israel’s rhetoric and politics.
➡ The text uncovers how the Book of Joshua, the Old Testament’s 6th book, details instructions from God to the Israelites to commit genocide on nations in their promised land.
➡ Currently, these biblical texts are referred to by significant figures including the Prime Minister and defense forces, emphasizing their ongoing importance in Israeli society.

And it is one of many genocides. In fact, in the Old Testament, the Book of Joshua, which is the part of the Bible, the 6th book of the Old Testament, in which the Israelites, after having escaped from Egypt in the exodus from Egypt, arrive at their promised land and are instructed by God, according to the book of Joshua, to not only take the land but to kill every man, woman and child in the land that they are to take.

And it’s very clear repeatedly from one nation to the next in the Book of Joshua that this is to be a genocide, that no one shall survive. Now fast forward 2600 years and these texts are being referred to explicitly by the prime minister, by the Israel defense forces, and by a large part of the israeli politics, much of which reflects a religious zealotry that takes the Bible as the literal basis for action.

And the Bible has in these texts the instructions for genocide, for killing everybody. And we hear this echo not only in the video that the south african lawyer showed, but in a shocking compilation of videos that Greyzone produced. Max Blumenthal, the investigative reporter, produced, released and posted on Greyzone, a compilation that is filled one after another with this biblical reference, this genocidal fever and the chanting and delight at the destruction of everybody.

So what we’re seeing here is a mix of military brutality, religious zealotry, political manipulation in a concoction that is extraordinary. I think it is so foreign to our eyes to see this, but in the court to have it laid out so explicitly. And the court is a place of decorum. You saw the lawyer, how dignified and eloquent he was. I listened to much of his presentation earlier in the day and the room was silent.

Listening, having to absorb this direct evidence, not having the ever present and for me, utterly disgusting spin from the White House newsroom or some other spin, but actually listening to the realities, grim realities, laid out one by one. .