I hope people in general don't take anything Benjamin Netanyahu takes seriously, whether it's to immediately believe him or to immediately disbelieve him.

The man is a prick, every word he says is the kind of politically sensitive thing that's literally always reported with some bias, and more importantly, politicians don't make statements because they are committed to keeping random citizens half way around the world informed of the entire truth.

That's not their job. Even your own politicians are not newsreaders or your personal oracles, they speak to the public in order to fulfil their duties moving the country in a particular direction.

So yes, obviously, if a politician says 'yo this thing is now illegal so don't do it', probably take it seriously. Don't fall into the trap of thinking cynicism is any wiser than credulousness, it isn't.

But also don't seriously assume you've uncovered state secrets because Benjamin Bloody Netanyahu made a pubic statement that you, personally, have seen the truth behind. That's flat out deranged.

With the disclaimer - yeah no, I also did the whole 'weirdly specific denials are rarely as reassuring as one might think' because let's be honest, the world is a shit show and politics is a burning circus and it's nice to laugh at a foreign weirdo leader now and again as a nice little break from weeping at my own.