Israeli officials have accused Brazil’s president of antisemitism following his comparison of Israeli violence to that of the Nazis

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“For a foreign ministry to address a head of state from a friendly country in this way is unusual and revolting. It is a shameful page in the history of Israel’s diplomacy,” the Brazilian diplomat went on to say, adding that Israel is trying to cover up its crimes in Gaza with a smokescreen

  • scorpionix@feddit.de
    61·
    9 months ago

    Well, the comparison is quite bad. Unlike the Jewish people, Hamas did shoot first. However, Israels actions firmly cross into Genocide territory. So Genocide yes, Nazi Genocide no.

    • acockworkorange
      40·
      9 months ago

      This ignores the long history of Israeli ethnic cleansing in the region.

      • scorpionix@feddit.de
        31·
        9 months ago

        No, it does not. As I said, I think the current events including the ongoing situation in the westbank and other fits the definition of a genocide. But it is thankfully still not the industrial-sized killing complex that was the Holocaust.

        • coffeetest@beehaw.org
          25·
          9 months ago

          You can’t take the current situation out of the historical context. Not saying I agree with the idea that Israel is the same as Nazi but saying “Hamas did shoot first” is missing some crucial steps.

          • scorpionix@feddit.de
            1·
            9 months ago

            Well, if you want to dive into the history I’d argue “the Arabian nations shot first”.

            Still, summing up the last ~80 years of Israeli history doesn’t amount to a genocide comparable to the Nazis. Again: Israel did commit atrocities, but not on the same level as the Third Reich.