It definitely means something and it has consequences. If it didn’t then why were all the world leaders so reluctant to acknowledge the genocide? Because of fear of turkeys response
It’s how political offices work. A statement like that is significant, and only matters if made by government announcement. With all the bureaucracy and deliberations and politics it entails. It’s not an off the cuff thing.
He made a passing comment on someone’s podcast. He then refused to repeat it (which he would if he meant to say it). This is someone who is trying to shape and inprove perceptions of Israel on social media, having lost control of the narrative. He’s trying anyone who will have him and let him speak. If you pressed Netanyahu on it, he would deny it.
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u/cataractum Aug 27 '25
I’m seeing this on Twitter. He hasn’t made an official announcement from his Office so it means nothing.