for ‘Fighting for Truth’ Battle against misinformation is now an “eighth front” in the war, says defiant prime minister.
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sraeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu praised Newsmax for helping his country fight the “eighth front” in Israel’s war — “the battle of truth” — during an appearance in August at the network’s
annual celebration in Jerusalem. “Thank you, Newsmax, for helping us on the eighth-
front war: seven fronts against Iran and its proxies; the eighth front — the battle for truth,” Netanyahu told the audience, adding, “There’s only one way to beat the lies, and that’s with the truth.” At the event, delayed from July after tensions between
Israel and Iran, Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy intro- duced Netanyahu with a tribute likening him to British wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill, praising his fight against “two of the gravest threats to Israel’s security.” “On Oct. 7, we all recognized that all people who love
freedom and cherish the values of a great society . . . on that day we all became Israelis and we all stood with Prime Minister Netanyahu and the people of Israel,” Ruddy said. Shaking hands with the CEO, Netanyahu took to the
stage to deliver a forceful and wide-ranging speech in both Hebrew and English, declaring that “most Americans” reject Hamas’ “lies” and stand with Israel in its ongoing battle against what he called the barbarians at the gate. “When I say barbarians, this is not hyperbole,” Netan-
yahu said. “It’s not only the goal of destroying Israel, it’s the method they use to murder and mutilate the heathen,
Netanyahu Praises Newsmax
as they call them.” The prime minister gave an emotional and graphic
account of the “savage massacre of Druze” in Syria, detail- ing an Islamist rampage that murdered men and women, after rape and torture. He said one Druze had his heart cut out of his body and
eaten while still alive. He strongly rejected accusations that Israel is waging a “starvation policy” in Gaza or committing genocide. “The genocidal element is Hamas,” he declared. “The genocidal element is the Iranian axis that openly
calls for the annihilation of Israel, the extermination of Jews in America, and for the death of America itself.” Netanyahu said that fighting misinformation is now an
“eighth front” in the war, alongside military and humani- tarian efforts. He cited the example of emaciated Israeli hostages contrasted with “corpulent” Hamas captors as evidence that “the only deliberate starvation policy in Gaza is the starving of our hostages.” Netanyahu said Israel has delivered nearly 2 million
tons of food and medical aid to Gaza, and that “if Israel wanted to starve the Palestinians nearly two years after the war began, everybody in Gaza would be dead.” Broadcast live across the Newsmax network, Netan-
yahu used the extended address to link Israel’s current security struggle with the shared values and historical alli- ances between Israel and the United States. Major Israeli and U.S. political, media, and business
leaders joined the celebration, including U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, Alan Dershowitz, and Malcolm Hoenlein with the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
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