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Whose Genocide Is It Anyway?

The libel that Israel is engaged in genocide attempts to do the unthinkable—to link the Jewish state with Nazi Germany. This cynical calculus is as wrong as it is obscene.

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Whose Genocide Is It Anyway?
Alisdair Hickson on Flickr.

As Israel continues operation Swords of Iron against the Hamas terrorist group, pro-Palestine protests the world over have been accusing the country of genocide.

While the smear of apartheid has long been leveled at Israel in an attempt to draw a moral equivalency to apartheid South Africa, this newer libel that Israel is engaged in genocide against Palestinians attempts to do the unthinkable—to link the Jewish state with Nazi Germany. This cynical calculus is as wrong as it is obscene. 

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