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submitted 1 year ago by MakunaHatata@lemmy.ml to c/news@beehaw.org

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

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[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 36 points 1 year ago

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

[-] scorpionix@feddit.de 3 points 1 year 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 points 1 year 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 points 1 year 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.

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