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Israeli student arrested for Nazi salute at Auschwitz during school trip (www.jpost.com)

submitted 4 months ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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An Israeli high school student was arrested and questioned by police for doing a Nazi salute during a school trip to Auschwitz, Israeli media reported on Sunday.

The teenager from Kiryat Bialik was on his school's field trip to Poland when he did the gesture under the entrance sign to the camp.

He was questioned for two hours by Polish police and was fined approximately NIS 1,500 after security guards observed him performing the salute. The museum also captured the incident on its security cameras; the footage was handed over to the police.

Polish police charged him with promoting Nazism, local media reported. Performing a seig heil is illegal in Poland, and carries a potential sentence of up to two years in prison.

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[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

Wow, ya know I've been joking that Israel is full of Jewish Nazis, but..u hh... damn

[-] RedIce25@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I feel like the irony is lost on many people

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 4 months ago

Theodor returns.

[-] missandry351@lemmings.world 0 points 4 months ago

Nah this is satire! This has to be satire!!!! Please someone tell me this is satire!!!!!!!!

[-] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 4 months ago

Personally knowing some young Israeli’s.

A lot of them don’t take the holocaust very seriously and tend to joke about it a lot, (maybe it’s a coping mechanism)? In any case, this is probably a case of an edgy high schooler trying to make their friends laugh.

[-] jsomae@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

This is an idiotic teenager and should have no bearing on your opinion of Israel. (I shouldn't have to say this, but if I don't somebody will m'accuse: please note that I'm not defending Israel.)

[-] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 4 months ago

and should have no bearing on your opinion of Israel

The behavior of people from a place actually should impact your opinion on that place

Had it been an American there'd either be no comment like yours or it would have been massively downvoted, food for thought

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