Morton Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America, told Newsmax on Wednesday that he was “very glad” to hear Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “finally” push back “about the lie” of starvation in the Gaza Strip.

Netanyahu spoke Wednesday at the fourth annual Newsmax-hosted Fourth of July celebration at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Jerusalem. Newsmax holds the event every year to celebrate the enduring friendship and shared democratic values of the United States and Israel.

“On TV shows, it’s almost like ‘Saturday Night Live,'” Klein said on “American Agenda.” “You see a heavy-set Gaza Arab woman with a normal-looking child screaming starvation. It’s comical. I’m glad he’s finally pushing back on this lie. The Gaza Arabs have been screaming genocide for years while the population has doubled over the last few years — doubled. It’s a hell of a genocide.”

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