Now Israel apologists are trying to redefine the word ‘holocaust’
This is shameful from UK journalist Andrew Neil – and may actually be considered anti-Semitic:
ANDREW NEIL: Denying Hamas Holocaust drags world into a new dark age https://t.co/FZeCvXxJml via @MailOnline
— Andrew Neil (@afneil) October 25, 2023
The term “holocaust” may refer to any act of destruction or slaughter on a massive scale, especially by fire or nuclear war, according to the online dictionary This Writer just accessed.
But using it to refer to an act of terrorism that killed 1,400 people – horrific though that is in itself – may be considered a denial or distortion of the enormity of those events that are universally accepted as holocausts, such as that which happened to victims of the Nazis, including Jews, in the 1930s and 1940s.
That would be holocaust denial – which is considered to be anti-Semitic in the extreme.
And that could be a reason people are pushing very hard against this attempt at holocaust revisionism, either in the form of claims that one happened on October 7…
The apartheid apologists are losing the argument, & their shit, so badly they have to invoke the Holocaust & use apocalyptic language like this. That anyone ever considered this verbose clown a journalist is a sign of how far we’ve fallen, not all the people opposing genocide. https://t.co/HkdCcTXplp
— Phil Gould 🇵🇸🖕🥁 (@bongosaloon) October 25, 2023
… or in criticism of (in this instance) an article by an Israeli genocide scholar, explaining why October 7 cannot be compared with the Holocaust, and that Israel and its apologists should stop weaponising the word:
Who is this Frances Weetman? The article she claims is a new low for The Guardian is by an Israeli genocide scholar, Raz Segal, calling on Israel to stop weaponising the Holocaust. https://t.co/k46HqtThvt Typically, @francesweetman doesn't say what she's actually objecting to. https://t.co/lVBRH8mECZ pic.twitter.com/3fg4xUnMLj
— Jews Sans Frontieres (@jewssf) October 25, 2023
That International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) ‘working’ definition of anti-Semitism is starting to look a little tattered, what with all this jiggery-pokery by the Israeli government. I wonder how heavily it will need to be edited in order to accommodate all this nonsense.
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I’d like to add a new expression to the Israel situation…
…corbynated
This is where someone who criticises Israel, like the UN general secretary, is accused on being an antisemite?
Godwin’s Law – an arguement is lost when Nazi’s are mentioned -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law
By definition would Churchill’s actions causing the Bengali Famine killing Millions be a Holocaust?