Israel-Palestine
Another Israeli Minister Calls for Nuking Gaza
After Israel’s Heritage Minister asked why hostage lives are more important than troops, Netanyahu said Amihai Eliyahu was ‘detached from reality’ and suspended him
Israeli Minister of Jerusalem Affairs, Amihai Eliyahu is just the latest to make some wild commentary we’ve heard about Israel possibly using nuclear weapons in Gaza. Not thinking through the ramifications of such an act, it’s unclear whether ministers are just speaking hyperbolically or are serious about the ridiculous idea.
“Why are the lives of the abductees, whose release I really want, more important than the lives of the soldiers and the people who will be murdered later?” Amihai Eliyahu told Radio Kol Berama on November 5.
Considering the proximity to the Gaza Strip, the notion of using nuclear weapons is absurd in the damage the fallout would do in itself. Such suggestions indicate that either the concern for Israelis doesn’t matter to some leaders or that they have no idea about what they are suggesting. If you think this is insane, Benjamin Netanyahu would agree with you.
