Holocaust survivor says this is worse. Let that sink in.
What is happening in Gaza is a holocaust. The Israeli government is carrying out what it calls a solution to the Palestinian problem, and as a holocaust survivor I must say, not in my name. I see extermination, dehumanization, starvation, blockade, denial of water and medicine, the destruction of health services, the targeting of doctors and journalists, and so-called safe places that are in reality traps. Together, these form the conditions of a holocaust. None of this differs from the actions carried out by the Nazis during the Second World War. Gaza has become an open-air concentration camp. In effect, it is an extermination camp because the only way out is death by bombing, disease, or hunger. The only other option offered is forced removal to places where people do not wish to go.
I lived through the holocaust myself. I experienced hiding, discrimination, and the devastation that followed when the fighting passed through our area. When we emerged, I saw destroyed buildings, rubble, dead animals, and dead people. The images of Gaza today are the same. The difference is that what I witnessed then was the result of two armies clashing, but what I see in Gaza now is deliberate destruction. That makes it, in my view, an even greater evil.
The treatment of Palestinians is justified by constant reference to the holocaust. Instead of learning from it and ensuring it is never repeated against any people, it is used as a shield to avoid accountability. When Prime Minister Netanyahu says, “Never again is now,” he is invoking the holocaust to justify ongoing policies. The claim of permanent victimhood is used no matter how aggressive the actions taken against others.
A recent example was when Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations wore a yellow star at the Security Council. This was deeply disturbing to me, because I was forced to wear that same star as a child in 1944. To use that symbol theatrically today is offensive and manipulative. These repeated connections between Zionism, the holocaust, and current state policy are meant to grant impunity. They also fuel antisemitism worldwide, because they conflate Judaism with Zionism and with the actions of the Israeli state.
Many Jews who believe in justice oppose these policies, yet the Israeli government presents itself as speaking for all Jews. This damages Jewish communities everywhere. It has become undeniable that the policies of the Israeli state and Zionism are producing genocide in Gaza, carried out while claiming the memory of the holocaust as justification.
Stephen Kapos
Holocaust Survivor.
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