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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called anti-war protesters “Iran’s useful idiots” during his speech before Congress on Wednesday.

“For all we know, Iran is funding the anti-Israel protests that are going on right now outside this building,” he said. “Not that many, but they’re there and throughout the city.”

Netanyahu referenced a recent statement from US Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines that Iran is attempting to covertly stoke protests in the United States related to the conflict in Gaza.

In her statement, Haines said she wanted “to be clear that I know Americans who participate in protests are, in good faith, expressing their views on the conflict in Gaza,” adding that “this intelligence does not indicate otherwise.”

Netanyahu however, painted the protestors with a broad brush, claiming that they “stand with Hamas” and “stand with rapists and murderers.”

The post was updated with more of Netanyahu’s remarks.

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