Watan-Prime Minister of the Israeli occupation, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been keen since the beginning of the aggression on Gaza last October to employ religious and historical narratives and references to legitimize the war on the enclave and commit crimes.
At times, he mentions “Amalekites” in an attempt to instill more fervor in soldiers to kill anything in front of them and commit massacres. At other times, he claims that his soldiers are part of the legacy of Jewish warriors dating back 3000 years to the era of “Joshua, son of Nun.”
Yesterday, Sunday, March 24th, Netanyahu mentioned “Haman,” threatening Hamas leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, with a similar fate, within the framework of Israeli celebrations these days of “Purim.” Haman is considered to be of Amalekite descent, the tribe that attacked the Israelites in the desert.
According to a report by the “Arabic Post” website, this holiday commemorates the deliverance of the Jews in Persia from the schemes of Haman, the minister of the Persian emperor Ahasuerus, when he cast lots to determine the appropriate day to carry out the killing of the Jews. However, his fate was hanging, according to Israeli accounts in the “Book of Esther” and the Hebrew Bible “Tanakh.”
نتنياهو:
“قمنا (بالماضي) بإغتيال هامان ، وسنغتال أيضًا السنوار”
كما القرون الأولى..
لا مش حرب دينية لا .. pic.twitter.com/rIPEJQPH5Z
— عيسى ابوغوش (@QdwrtYsy) March 24, 2024
Pharaoh’s Minister
The source added that Haman in Islamic culture is a character mentioned in the Quranic texts. He was Pharaoh’s minister during the time of the Prophet Moses and his closest confidant.
Allah mentioned him in His Noble Book in six places, where two of them explicitly indicate that Haman was from Pharaoh’s entourage, while interpreters said that Haman was the title of the king’s minister in Egypt at that time.
As for Jewish culture and mythology, the character of Haman is different. He is “Haman the Agagite” or “Haman the Evil” who was a minister in the court of the Persian king “Ahasuerus/Xerxes,” and he attempted to persuade the king to exterminate the Jews in the fifth century BCE, according to Hebrew sources.
How Was Haman Killed?
In the “Book of Esther,” Haman is mentioned as Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and after being appointed as the chief minister to King Ahasuerus, all the king’s servants were required to bow to Haman, but Mordecai, one of the king’s entourage, refused. Haman, angered by this refusal and aware of Mordecai’s Jewish faith, tried to persuade King Ahasuerus to allow him to kill all the Jews in the Persian kingdom.
According to Jewish accounts, Haman was hanged by the king’s order on the gallows, which he himself prepared, with a height of 50 cubits, and which Haman prepared to hang Mordecai upon the advice of his wife Zeresh, in order to triumph over his enemy. The bodies of Haman’s ten sons were also hung after they died in battle against the Jews in Persia.
Netanyahu and Iran
Netanyahu said on the occasion of Purim: “For over 2000 years in ancient Persia, oppressors and enemies of Judaism have tried to annihilate the Jews from the face of this land. Today, in modern Persia, a new oppressor has appeared: the Islamic Republic.”
Netanyahu claimed that Iran had ordered Hamas to launch attacks on southern Israel on October 7th.