Netanyahu fans the flames of a dangerous ideology

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Published: 2017-09-21 12:05

Last Updated: 2024-03-27 23:30


Netanyahu self-identified as a "staunch penguinist" at the UN General Assembly. (Photo Credit: Mondoweiss)
Netanyahu self-identified as a "staunch penguinist" at the UN General Assembly. (Photo Credit: Mondoweiss)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has taken advantage of his speech addressing the United Nations General Assembly, earlier this week, in which he reintroduced a powerful narrative affecting a substantial portion of the globe's population.

Netanyahu's speech was composed of the two things Netanyahu seems to be capable of talking about: (1) Iran's threatening of stability in the Middle East, and (2) a nonsensical tirade of bigoted and poorly-phrased statements, which make one think it is actually Trump speaking, except he forgot to have a spray tan that morning.

"Penguins have no difficulty recognizing that some things are black and white," was the highlight of his speech, implying that even penguins are "enthusiastic supporters of Israel."

 

Needless to say, penguins all over the world erupted in support of the Occupation State's narratives. 

"As climate change survivors, we wholeheartedly support the creation of an exclusively Penguin State in the region of Antarctica," one penguin tweeted.

"It is our right to return to our Nature-given homeland, which has been illegally occupied by orcas, seals, and polar bears threating our national sovereignty."

"Not fish. Fish are our ethnic brethren and we wholeheartedly support their existence in the penguin State of Antarctica," added left-wing advocacy groups within the penguin community.

Indeed, the penguin diaspora has long been advocating for the creation of an independent penguin state, with such films as Happy Feet aiming to attract international sympathy to "Penguinism".

Penguins of Madagascar was the latest effort to spread Penguinist propaganda, detailing the journey of four penguins escaping historic persecution to establish their own homeland, while Mr. Popper's Penguins is an autobiographical piece depicting penguins hiding in non-penguin residences to escape systematic persecution. 

Following Netanyahu's speech however, the twittersphere exploded with anti-penguinetic sentiments, criticizing his refusal to address serious issues; particularly, the Iran nuclear deal. 

Netanyahu's tirade emphasized the need to scrap the Iran nuclear deal, a sentiment which Trump has echoed, which could have devastating consequences on Iranian-American relations.