Israeli officials have accused Brazil’s president of antisemitism following his comparison of Israeli violence to that of the Nazis

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

  • scorpionix@feddit.de
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    9 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.