In an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper this morning, the hardline conservative leader was asked to defend his recent comments, in which he claimed Palestinians were responsible for the Holocaust.
"Well it wouldn't be the first time they tried to drive a group to extinction," Netanyahu told the network. "The Holocaust, the Armenian genocide, Rwanda. Even the end of the Dinosaurs. Whenever a group is threatened with annihilation, you better believe the Palestinians are behind it."
A puzzled Anderson Cooper pressed Netanyahu on his most outrageous claim, asking "I doubt Palestinians were involved in any of those things. But do you seriously believe they killed the Dinosaurs? Human beings didn't even exist 65 million years ago. And most scientists believe the Dinosaurs were killed by an asteroid. I mean, how is that even possible?"
"Anderson I'm not saying the Palestinians actually hunted down each individual dinosaur to extinction," Netanyahu replied, "Of course that didn't happen. That's ridiculous. That makes no sense at all.
"What I am saying is that Palestinian Hamas fighters traveled back in time to 65 million years ago and set off a large series of explosives that knocked the Earth off its orbit and straight into the path of an oncoming asteroid.
"This operation was intended to wipe out the Dinosaurs, so that humanity could rise and Islam could take over the planet. Reptiles don't believe in God, Anderson. So if you want to create an Islamic Caliphate you have to get rid of the reptiles. That's just logic 101.
"This was no laughing matter. It was a barbaric act that destroyed an entire civilization. Millions of innocent Dinosaur families perished as a result of Hamas's disgusting actions. Women. Children. Even unborn eggs. All were burnt to a crisp when Islamic time travelers rammed Earth into that asteroid.
"And that's why keeping nuclear weapons out of the hands of Muslims is so important. They've destroyed life on Earth before, so we know they'll do it again."
Benjamin Netanyahu has served as Israel's Prime Minister since 2009, after previously serving in the same post from 1996 to 1999. He was recently reelected in March.
LAHORE (Web Desk) – While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under fire for his remarks that it was Palestinian chief cleric who pushed Adolf Hitler towards the Holocaust, a website “The Daily Currant” has published a spoof quoting Israeli leader as claiming that “Palestinians were responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs.”
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