Renowned Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt says that American and Israeli politicians who invoke the Holocaust for contemporary political purposes are engaging in “Holocaust abuse”, which is similar to “soft-core denial” of the Holocaust.
“I think it is dangerous, just plain dangerous. (...)
Deborah Lipstadt - AP - 2000
Prof. Deborah Lipstadt, Jan 11, 2000.
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“You listen to Newt Gingrich talking about the Palestinians as an ‘invented people’ – it’s out-Aipacking AIPAC, it’s out-Israeling Israel,” she said. “There’s something about it that’s so discomforting. It’s not healthy. It’s a distortion,” she said.
She also used the word “despicable” to describe settlers who use the term “Nazi” against IDF soldiers. “And it’s so inaccurate. And it’s such an abuse of history. The people who started it know it’s not true, but the kids, the yeshiva kids, and the high school kids – they don’t know it’s not true. And so when real Nazism comes around - no one will recognize it.”
Rabbi Yeshayahu Rotter, the founder of Rotter.net, Israel’s major news and gossip portal, wrote a column in HaKol Hayehudi, a website maintained by the extremist Yitzhar yeshiva run by Rabbi Yitzhak Ginsburg (co-author of Torat HaMelech, which advocates murdering Palestinian children since they’ll grow up to murder Jews). In the column, he endorses the price tag strategy of the most extreme of the Hilltop Youth. Keep in mind that his endorsement comes directly on the heels of some of the most incendiary acts of violence in the entire history of price tag activities: a few days ago settlers directly attacked an IDF West Bank outpost and threw a brick at a senior IDF officer in his vehicle, injuring him. This follows three mosque arson attacks, repeated death and bomb threats against Peace Now leaders, sexual assaults against peace activists and much more.
«Che c...zo hai da guardare, negro di m...da?». La prima volta, la stessa frase, quei ventenni l'avevano detta giovedì pomeriggio in autobus. Ma poi l'avevano piantata lì. Era rivolta a un tredicenne di origine srilankese che vive con la sua famiglia a Veronetta e che era con alcuni compagni di scuola sull'autobus. Il giorno dopo, venerdì pomeriggio la storia si ripete: i giovani si incontrano di nuovo, ma i quattro non si fermano a pronunciare la frase quando il ragazzo con altri suoi compagni viene trovato in via IV Novembre. Lo spintonano, prendono una spranga di ferro da un motorino e lo picchiano. Uno di loro ha una bottiglia di birra in mano e la versa sulla faccia del ragazzino che viene buttato a terra e poi i quattro delinquenti cercano di farlo rotolare sotto un'auto in transito, ma per fortuna non ci riescono.
Un rapport d'Addameer, le groupe de soutien aux prisonniers palestiniens, révèle que depuis l'échange de prisonniers conclu par le gouvernement sioniste et les autorités du Hamas, et qui a vu la libération, en échange du soldat Shalit, le 18 octobre dernier, de 477 prisonniers politiques palestiniens, le chiffre effarant de 470 Palestiniens ont été arrêtés à ce jour. L'Etat sioniste a donc "récupéré" pratiquement le nombre de détenus libérés
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470 Palestiniens arrêtés par les forces de l'occupation israélienne en deux mois, depuis la libération des 477 prisonniers politiques
De plus, les prisonniers libérés ont été soumis au harcèlement des forces d'occupation, avec des descentes à leurs domiciles, le harcèlement des membres de leurs familles, des convocations des services secrets et même des re-arrestations.
L'occupation a continué d'employer ses méthodes brutales d'arrestation, souvent pratiquées par les forces clandestines, les infâmes musta'arabeen, des hommes en civil placés en embuscade pour arrêter les Palestiniens sur leurs lieux de travail ou dans la rue. Dans de nombreux cas, les arrestations ont eu lieu lors de raids nocturnes pendant lesquels les soldats ont délibérément détruit le contenu des maisons qu'ils fouillaient.
The Ad-Dameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association denounced the Israeli Army for the daily kidnappings of children and youth at the Shu’fat refugee camp, in occupied East Jerusalem, adding that the army kidnapped more than 21 youths, including 11 children in the last 15 days.
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Lawyer of Ad-Dameer stated that the arrests are directly connected to the demand that Israel opens the Shu’fat terminal that is leading to the isolation of 50.000 Jerusalemite Palestinians from the city.
Soldiers based at the terminal only allow those who carry a Jerusalem ID cards, or a special permit to cross, therefore many youths who live there, and are not granted permits, and are frequently arrested.
I have just been released from jail, after three days inside. I was arrested last Friday, together with 22 others, in the village of Nabi Saleh, during a demonstration commemorating the murder of Mustafa Tamimi. Our arrest took place as we peacefully protested near the entrance to the Jewish-only settlement of Halamish, which is built on lands stolen from Nabi Saleh.
Minutes after we got to the gate, Israeli Border Police officers moved in to remove us from the scene. Palestinians, Israeli and international activists, we were all shackled and dragged away into military jeeps that transported us to the adjacent military base, which is in fact part of the settlement.
