{"id":68831,"date":"2026-06-21T18:25:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T22:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=68831"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:25:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T22:25:43","slug":"war-criminal-on-steroids-top-israeli-official-openly-calls-for-genocide-as-us-seeks-peace-all-of-lebanon-must-burn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=68831","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b>WAR CRIMINAL ON STEROIDS! Top Israeli Official Openly Calls For Genocide As US Seeks Peace: \u2018All Of Lebanon Must Burn\u2019<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68832\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-21-at-6.24.24-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-21-at-6.24.24-PM.png 636w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-21-at-6.24.24-PM-300x282.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir openly called for genocide, demanding that all of Lebanon \u201cmust burn\u201d while the United States works to end the war with Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Ben-Gvir issued a scathing rebuke of the current Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) negotiated between Iran and the United States after Israel says four of its soldiers were killed in Southern Lebanon in an attack by Hezbollah \u2014 although some reports suggest Israel and Lebanon have subsequently agreed to a new ceasefire late Friday morning. In his statement, Ben-Gvir said the goal should be to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/archives\/jm\/criminal-resource-manual-19-genocide-18-usc-1091\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">indiscriminately<\/a> \u201cobliterate\u201d Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor every tear of an Israeli mother, a thousand Lebanese mothers must weep,\u201d Ben-Gvir\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/itamarbengvir\/status\/2067865510281170957\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>\u00a0in the Friday post on X. \u201cAll of Lebanon must burn! With all due respect to the Americans, Israel must make it clear to the entire world that the blood of our sons and the security of our citizens are not forfeit. All of Lebanon must burn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur supreme duty is to protect the citizens of Israel and the soldiers of the IDF, and this commitment takes precedence over every other consideration,\u201d Ben-Gvir added. \u201cI told the Prime Minister, even in our private meetings: For every tear of an Israeli mother, a thousand Lebanese mothers must weep. Enough with the ping-pong. In the Middle East, you don\u2019t win with measured responses and restraint \u2014 you need to go berserk. To obliterate. To crush the terror.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68831"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68833,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68831\/revisions\/68833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}