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>We will turn Gaza into a deserted island. Looks like this may be a fake quote. Al Jazeera[0] is the only source I can find. Meanwhile, Politico[1] and other s

>We will turn Gaza into a deserted island. Looks like this may be a fake quote. Al Jazeera[0] is the only source I can find. Meanwhile, Politico[1] and other sources have a markedly different quote: "All the places where Hamas hides, operates from — we will turn them into cities of ruins." [0] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/7/world-is-watching-fears-grow-of-a-massive-gaza-invasion-by-israel https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/7/world-is-watching-f... [1] https://www.politico.eu/article/israels-netanyahu-vows-mighty-vengeance-against-hamas-after-attack/ https://www.politico.eu/article/israels-netanyahu-vows-might...

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oa335 3y ago
“I'm telling the people of Gaza: get out of there now, because we're about to act everywhere with all our force," from Agence France-Presse, via Barrons. https://www.barrons.com/news/israel-pm-vows-to-turn-gaza-s-hamas-hideouts-into-rubble-6be65e2d https://www.barrons.com/news/israel-pm-vows-to-turn-gaza-s-h...
- eurleif 3y ago
  Is not: "We will turn Gaza into a deserted island." Indeed, the corresponding part of the quote as Barron's has it is consistent with Politico's version, not with Al Jazeera's: "All the places in which Hamas is based, in this city of evil, all the places Hamas is hiding in, acting from -- we'll turn them into rubble."
- riku_iki 3y ago
  there are many videos of Netanyahu speach today, including afp youtube channel, I couldn't locate this phrase.
edanm 3y ago
This is kind of interesting. Netanyahu used an expression that I wasn't sure about, עיי חורבות, which actually sounds a lot like "Destroyed islands". I looked it up and apparently it just means "ruins", but I wonder if the first translation just misheard/misunderstood what he said.
- user1271772 3y ago
  The phrase "eeyay horavot" can mean "destroyed islands" or "destroyed villages", but you have typed עיי חורבות which means "destroyed villages", not איי חורבות which means "destroyed islands". Basically if you're listening to the audio, you could interpret it either way, and the difference would only arise when you try to write it down or read it, because the "eeyay" for "island" and the other "eeyay" are homophones. Since "eeyay horavot" is a standard compound-word that is transliterated in the Bible using עיי instead of איי the speaker likely meant "destroyed villages" instead of "destroyed islands".

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oa335 3y ago

“I'm telling the people of Gaza: get out of there now, because we're about to act everywhere with all our force," from Agence France-Presse, via Barrons. https://www.barrons.com/news/israel-pm-vows-to-turn-gaza-s-hamas-hideouts-into-rubble-6be65e2d https://www.barrons.com/news/israel-pm-vows-to-turn-gaza-s-h...

eurleif 3y ago
Is not: "We will turn Gaza into a deserted island." Indeed, the corresponding part of the quote as Barron's has it is consistent with Politico's version, not with Al Jazeera's: "All the places in which Hamas is based, in this city of evil, all the places Hamas is hiding in, acting from -- we'll turn them into rubble."
riku_iki 3y ago
there are many videos of Netanyahu speach today, including afp youtube channel, I couldn't locate this phrase.

edanm 3y ago

This is kind of interesting. Netanyahu used an expression that I wasn't sure about, עיי חורבות, which actually sounds a lot like "Destroyed islands". I looked it up and apparently it just means "ruins", but I wonder if the first translation just misheard/misunderstood what he said.

user1271772 3y ago
The phrase "eeyay horavot" can mean "destroyed islands" or "destroyed villages", but you have typed עיי חורבות which means "destroyed villages", not איי חורבות which means "destroyed islands". Basically if you're listening to the audio, you could interpret it either way, and the difference would only arise when you try to write it down or read it, because the "eeyay" for "island" and the other "eeyay" are homophones. Since "eeyay horavot" is a standard compound-word that is transliterated in the Bible using עיי instead of איי the speaker likely meant "destroyed villages" instead of "destroyed islands".