Netanyahu compares battle between Iran and IS to ‘Game of Thrones’
During his controversial speech to Congress on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made several unexpected references, including an apparent name-check of HBO’s “Game of Thrones.”
“In this deadly ‘Game of Thrones,’ there’s no place for America or for Israel, no peace for Christians, Jews or Muslims who don’t share the Islamist medieval creed, no rights for women, no freedom for anyone,” Netanyahu said while comparing Iran to the Islamic State militant group. “So when it comes to Iran and ISIS, the enemy of your enemy is your enemy.”
The prime minister’s pop culture nod did not go unnoticed.
— darth™ (@darth) March 3, 2015
.@Netanyahu drops Game of Thrones in Congress speech on Iran http://t.co/rWLNjUxfoN #BibiSpeech pic.twitter.com/fatGyhq3vK
— Brian Ries (@moneyries) March 3, 2015
Bibi mentioned Game of Thrones in his speech, so we had to: #NetanyahuSpeech in #GoT gifs!: http://t.co/ioJx0DMy5i http://t.co/CybeiKlWRh
— Jewish Daily Forward (@jdforward) March 3, 2015
I'm sorry, did Netanyahu just name-check Game of Thrones?
— Joanna Weiss (@JoannaWeiss) March 3, 2015
No embedded imperialist politics involved in comparing the Middle East to “Game of Thrones.” Nope. No sir-ee. Nah.
— Elias Isquith (@eliasisquith) March 3, 2015
Wasn't expecting the Game of Thrones reference... WATCH LIVE: Netanyahu delivers address to Congress - Jerusalem Post http://t.co/Q77pj4qhnW
— colleen debaise (@colleendebaise) March 3, 2015
No standing applause for Game of Thrones? #joffrey
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) March 3, 2015