And he denounced “this terrible volcano of anti-Semitism” that he said was surging around the world.
Netanyahu also compared the protests seen at universities across the United States and around the world to the discrimination against Jews at German universities during World War II.
“What a distortion of justice and history,” he said.
The criticism, he said, was not “due to the actions that we do, but because we exist… because we are Jews.
“You will not chain our hands… Israel will continue to fight human evil… until victory,” he said.
“We will defeat our genocidal enemies. Never again is now!”
Gaza’s bloodiest-ever war began following Hamas’s attack on Israel that resulted in the deaths of more than 1,170 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of Israeli official figures.
Militants also seized some 250 hostages during the attack. Israel estimates 128 are still held captive in Gaza, including 35 the army says are dead.
Vowing to destroy Hamas, Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed at least 34,683 people in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry.
