Netanyahu Did Not Say This in 1990 Fact Check
“Netanyahu 1990 quote”
Summary
The alleged 1990 recording of Benjamin Netanyahu saying “America is a golden calf and we will suck it dry” is not authentic. Fact‑checking organizations have found no evidence of such remarks and have declared the claim false.
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- Speeches & Statements Archives - U.S. Embassy Jerusalem
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- تقصي الحقيقة-ترجمة خطاب لنتنياهو تزعم أنه يتحدث عن مخططات إسرائيلية ضد دول بالشرق الأوسط زائفة | رويترز
5 سبتمبر أيلول ... لخطاب قديم لرئيس الوزراء الإسرائيلي بنيامين نتنياهو لتزعم بشكل زائف أنه يتحدث فيه عن نجاح المخابرات ...
- Was Netanyahu Recorded Saying, 'America Is a Golden Calf and We Will Suck It Dry'? | Snopes.com
Netanyahu was recorded in 1990 saying: "America is a Golden Calf and we will suck it dry, chop it up, and sell it off piece by piece until there is nothing left but the world’s biggest welfare state that we will create and control."
- Netanyahu Once Said, 'America Is a Golden Calf and We Will Suck It Dry'? | Snopes.com
Netanyahu was recorded in 1990 saying: "America is a Golden Calf and we will suck it dry, chop it up, and sell it off piece by piece until there is nothing left but the World’s biggest welfare state that we will create and control."
- Benjamin Netanyahu Articles | Snopes.com
19, 2025 The X user who made the claim said the post was intended as "sarcasm." ... Rae Deng Nov. 7, 2025 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has an International Criminal Court warrant out for hi ... ... Joey Esposito Oct. 7, 2025 The quote went viral following Netflix's release of "Famous Last Words" in the wake of Goodall's ... ... Jordan Liles July 30, 2025 Online users falsely ...
- Interviews - Benjamin Netanyahu | Shattered Dreams Of Peace | FRONTLINE | PBS
This is FRONTLINE's old website. The content here may be outdated or no longer functioning · FRONTLINE reports from Iraq on the miscalculations and mistakes behind the brutal rise of ISIS
- Netanyahu at War | FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site | Documentary Series
NEWSCASTER: Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the U.S. and others of giving up— · EYAL ARAD, Fmr. Netanyahu Adviser: The prime minister has a Messianic notion of himself as a person called to save the Jewish people. NARRATOR: He was about to deliver a speech to the American Congress.
- Read Netanyahu's full statement on Iran attacks | PBS News
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a recorded message released Saturday morning that the attacks will let Iranians "take their fate into their own hands" and that Israel plans the current operation to be "much more powerful" than the bruising 12-day war Israel launched against Iran in June. LIVE UPDATES: U.S. and Israel attack Iran · He spoke in Hebrew. Here's an English-language transcript of Netanyahu's address:
- نبوءة إشعياء التي بشر بها نتنياهو.. الخراب لمصر والظلام لفلسطين والنور لإسرائيل | موسوعة | الجزيرة نت
ذكر رئيس الوزراء ... الأول الجار، وقال "نحن أبناء النور بينما هم أبناء الظلام، وسينتصر النور على الظلام"....
- خطاب نتنياهو "استعراضي ولم يأت بجديد" - صحف - BBC News عربي
يقول الكاتب إن نتنياهو أظهر عبر خطابه الأخير أنه "يتقن الطريقة الأمريكية في ممارسة السياسة، بعد أن صافح الناس يميناً ويساراً في طريقه إلى قاعة مجلس النواب لإلقاء خطاب يشبه خطاب حالة الاتحاد الذي يلقيه الرؤساء الأمريكيون، وقدّم أبطال الجيش الإسرائيلي، وملأ خطابه بنقاط جلبت التصفيق، كما قفز الجمهوريون وبدأوا يهتفون في الوقت المناسب، وكذلك فعل العديد من الديمقراطيين".
- Benjamin Netanyahu's blunder puts cracks in the US-Israel relationship | National Catholic Reporter
Netanyahu and Obama have had a ... lowest point since Secretary of State James Baker told Israel in 1990: "Call us when you are serious about peace."...
- Fact Check: Did Netanyahu say 'America is a golden calf and we will suck it dry'?
The claim made in viral social media posts is false, as there is no evidence that Netanyahu made the remarks in 1990 or at any other time.