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

  • coffeetest@beehaw.org
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    4 months 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·
      4 months 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.