Posts Tagged: Israel Holocaust
We Remember the Holocaust, But We Go On
During the Shoah, a darkness descended upon the earth the likes of which have rarely been seen in the history of humankind. Irrespective of how...
The Economist: ‘Israelis Seem Especially Susceptible to Hysteria’
A 2012 Economist article claimed that Israelis and their Prime Minister fear Iran because they suffer from Auschwitz complex -- a “ghetto mentality” evidently based on obsessing over past suffering...
The Sounds of Broken Glass: Reflections on Kristallnacht and Israel
JNS.org - This month, Jews around the world came together in synagogues, community centers, and schools to commemorate Kristallnacht — the night of broken glass. We do...
Palestinian Activist Given Platform, Money to Spew Hate in Cambridge, MA
Bassam Tamimi, the Palestinian propagandist who has made a name for himself by using his children as props in regular confrontations with Israeli soldiers, has...
Could a Jewish State Have Stopped the Holocaust? (REVIEW)
When Ambassador Yehuda Avner heard then-Prime Minister Shimon Peres address a large crowd on Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel, he listened as Peres apologized to the six million Jews...
The New York Times’ Holocaust Blood Libel
In today's world, it is chic to use the Holocaust in order to promote your own agenda. And now it's being used by activists against...
Abbas, Auschwitz, and Palestinian Strategy
JNS.org - It was often remarked that the late Palestine Liberation Organization leader, Yasser Arafat, would sound moderate when speaking in English and utterly...
BBC Trending Invents New Israeli ‘Law’ on the Holocaust
A sensationalist article that appeared in the Features & Analysis section of the BBC News website's Middle East page under the title "Too young for...
Israel and the Palestinians: Zero Sum Suffering
For Palestinians, suffering -- and sympathy for suffering -- is a zero-sum game. Sympathy used up on the Holocaust means less for Palestinians in the...
Are ‘Peace’ Conferences a Waste of Time?
I recently had occasion to attend a conference of politicians and theologians in Vienna. It was sponsored by the InterAction Council, an organization of former...
Will Israel Make Use of Nazi Slurs and Symbols Punishable by Law?
JNS.org - There's little doubt that U.S. native MK Rabbi Dov Lipman (Yesh Atid) takes great pride, but at the same time grasps the...
Ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day, PA Compares Israel to Nazis
JNS.org - A few days ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the official Palestinian Authority (PA) newspaper published an op-ed claiming Israeli Prime...
Danny Danon: Three Lessons From Auschwitz on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
JNS.org - I am overwhelmed, at Auschwitz, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, where I join somberly with fellow Israeli leaders to remember and...
The Meaning of Israel: A Personal View
Against the backdrop of recent efforts in some academic circles to vilify and isolate Israel, let me put my cards on the table right up...
