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In reply to the discussion: Poll: Do you believe Israel is committing genocide against the population of Gaza? [View all]RockRaven
(15,049 posts)was unambiguous in intent/instruction. He referenced the Holy Bible and the Amaleks, a passage he has included in his comments many times we over the years. It reads as thus (translation vary, this is the NIV):
1 Samuel 15:1-3
"15 Samuel said to Saul, I am the one the Lord sent to anoint you king over his people Israel; so listen now to the message from the Lord. 2 This is what the Lord Almighty says: I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. 3 Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy[a] all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.
Here we have the head of the government of Israel invoking a passage of holy scripture where the instruction from the Lord Himself is to respond to an attack upon Israel by killing every man, woman, child/infant and destroying all of their belongings -- and he did so with the admonishment: "remember what the Amaleks have done to you."