Netanyahu rejects the gospel of Christ for the doctrine of Genghis Khan

During the most sacred days of the Christian calendar, Israeli authorities prevented the Catholic Patriarch of Jerusalem from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Palm Sunday, which commemorates the entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, passed not with open worship, but with barriers, delays and restrictions.

This was not an administrative inconvenience. It was a message about power and control; about who may enter the sacred space, and who must wait outside it.

During a recent speech, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed the deeper logic beneath this reality, quoting historian Will Durant: “Jesus Christ has no advantage over Genghis Khan.”

This was not a rhetorical flourish. It was a declaration - a glimpse into a worldview that elevates conquest over compassion, power over principle. 

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