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Netanyahu — 'children of light vs darkness' Oct-7 framing mosaic (Oct 2023 — Sep 2025)
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Israel 2023-10-17
Politician: Benjamin Netanyahu
Original source: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu
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Mosaic of Netanyahu post-Oct-7 statements (Oct 2023 — Sep 2025) capturing the apocalyptic-framing doctrine he deployed to legitimize the Gaza war response:
October 7, 2023 (CNN), Tel Aviv:
'Citizens of Israel, we are at war – not in an operation, not in rounds – at war.'
October 8, 2023 (Jerusalem Post):
'We are embarking on a long and difficult war. The war was forced upon us by a murderous attack.'
October 10, 2023 (Fox News):
'Israel is at war. We didn't want this war. It was forced upon us... Israel will finish it.'
October 17, 2023 (Business Insider, post later deleted by Netanyahu):
'This is a struggle between the children of light and the children of darkness.'
[NOTE: The 'children of light/children of darkness' post was deleted from Netanyahu's social media accounts within hours of posting, indicating internal/external pressure on the explicitly apocalyptic framing. The deletion itself is a doctrinal data-point.]
September 27, 2024 (78th UN General Assembly address, Jewish Virtual Library citation — separate Tayyar row exists for full 78 UN speech):
'Israel seeks peace... Yet we face savage enemies who seek our annihilation.'
'We are winning.'
2025 (WION News):
'Days when terrorist leaders can enjoy immunity anywhere are over.'
[NOTE: This statement followed the killings of Hassan Nasrallah (27 Sep 2024) and Ismail Haniyeh (31 Jul 2024 in Tehran) and frames the Israeli targeted-killing policy as the new normal.] How to cite this document
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(Netanyahu, 2023) Netanyahu, B.. (2023). Netanyahu — 'children of light vs darkness' Oct-7 framing mosaic (Oct 2023 — Sep 2025). en.wikiquote.org. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu
Netanyahu, Benjamin. 2023. "Netanyahu — 'children of light vs darkness' Oct-7 framing mosaic (Oct 2023 — Sep 2025)." en.wikiquote.org. Accessed June 21, 2026. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu.
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author = {Netanyahu, Benjamin},
title = {Netanyahu — 'children of light vs darkness' Oct-7 framing mosaic (Oct 2023 — Sep 2025)},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-10-17},
howpublished = {Online; hosted at en.wikiquote.org},
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