Fact check – Palestinians had nothing to do with the Holocaust
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It’s shocking that we need to be reminded that Palestinians had nothing to do with the Nazi Holocaust. But defenders of Israel’s murderous onslaught on Gaza are excusing it on the grounds that the Hamas killings of Israeli Jews last October evoke that terrible period of antisemitic genocide in Europe.
In this piece Philip Weiss deconstructs this claim and affirms:
“The context for the atrocities of October 7 is the persecution of Palestinians for the last 75 years and more—ethnic cleansing and apartheid … Zionists were ethnically cleansing them 75 years ago, and Zionists are ethnically cleansing them again today, with the world powers allowing it in both cases.”
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This article was originally published by Mondoweiss on Wed 21 Feb 2024. Read the original here.
The context for October 7 is apartheid, not the Holocaust
The Israel lobby is attempting to indoctrinate Americans that the context for the October 7 attack is the Holocaust. This is a misrepresentation. The Palestinians had nothing to do with the Holocaust.
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Will they soon be pointing the finger at the Mufti like Netanyahu did?
Sadly, I think this article too delicately skirts a vital aspect in this discussion… Zionists have spent almost 100 years dehumanising the Palestinians to justify/enable their many massacres and shameless land grabs in order to create “their” Israel. This endless dehumanising has, inevitably, led to a loss of decency, morality and basic humanity in Israel. How Israel can be persuaded to face up to their overwhelming dishonesty and unacceptable behaviour is beyond me. But I know we must not despair.