The video of the event, posted to the IHF’s YouTube channel and reported for the first time by Prism, shows that Martin Oliner, chair of the Religious Zionists of America, took to the podium with a message directed at Akunis about how Israel ought to operate in Gaza.

“You, as a representative in America, as general consul, have to take back the views of this group, which I think are pretty clear: that the state of Israel has to do what it has to do,” Oliner said. “Look, we’ve been accused of genocide, so maybe it’s up to us to actually kill civilians.”

Oliner argued that Israel was losing the war and could not hope to win without “lehishmid veleharg,” a Hebrew phrase (להשמיד ולהרג) that roughly translates to destroy and kill—an apparent reference to a phrase in the Hebrew Bible, or the Tanakh.

“Take the lessons from America when they dropped atomic bombs on Japan,” Oliner continued, adding that Israel had “killed the fewest civilians.” In reality, about 70% of those Israel has killed in its genocide in Gaza are women and children, according to the U.N., not to mention scores of noncombatant men.

“But we’re still being accused of genocide. But maybe we need to kill more civilians,” Oliner said. After he ended his speech, the audience applauded.