When a man with an active arrest warrant for war crimes stands at a podium and explains   that  ‘Jesus Christ has no advantage over Genghis Khan’,  because, in the end, ruthlessness beats goodness, you might expect a reaction. A gasp . A shudder. Perhaps even a word of reproach from the leaders who still supply his weapons.

What you should not expect is silence.

Yet silence is precisely what Benjamin Netanyahu’s latest descent into moral depravity  produced-  from the very western capitals that claim to defend the civilization he just insulted.  The United States? Nothing. The United Kingdom? Crickets. Germany, France, the European Union? A diplomatic black hole where condemnation should at least have been expected. 

But social media did its job. The backlash was immediate, global and brutal.  Palestinian Lutheran pastor  Munther Isaac ( 20 March 2026)  called the remark ‘offensive on multiple levels’, and made a ‘ mockery of the ethics of Jesus’.   Iran’s foreign minister accused Netanyahu of  ‘open disdain’  for Christ.  Other Christian groups described it as  ‘blasphemous’ and ‘ deeply offensive’.  In our current information ecosystem, the comment spurred  a ‘viral firestorm’ on platforms like X, where ‘citizen journalists’  and influencers with massive reach amplified the quote within hours. 

Millions saw it. Millions recoiled.  And the leaders who actually matter? They looked away.  Because looking away has become the West’s primary foreign policy tool.

When the firestorm grew loud enough, Netanyahu did what he always does: he doubled down. In a statement posted on X on 21 March 2026, he declared:  

‘ I did not denigrate Jesus  Christ… To the contrary, I cited the great American historian Will Durant. A fervent admirer of Jesus Christ, Durant stated that morality by itself is not enough to ensure survival… A morally superior........

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