Checkpoint Compared to Auschwitz - and The Silence is Deafening
The Jerusalem Post has a potentially explosive article on today's website. Holocaust imagery and the calling of IDF soldiers Nazis - all the stuff that usually causes an uproar and gives politicians an excuse to take to the airwaves to issue sharp criticism.
The interesting thing is, there are no politicians expressing righteous indignation. And the JPost is the only mainstream website with the article at all, Ynetnews.com and Haaretz seem to be out of the loop.
Puzzling, no?
Not when you read the article. It seems that the ones using Holocaust imagery and calling IDF soldiers are the "ladies" of Machsom Watch (Checkpoint Watch).
Although their official spokesman denies this, the article quotes soldiers who were called Nazis by them, and there is a direct quote by a member of Machsom Watch that agrees with the comparison of a checkpoint to a concentration camp.
As usual, if you are a radical left organization you can get a free ride in the Israeli press.
Kudos to the Jerusalem Post for carrying the article.
The Jerusalem Post has a potentially explosive article on today's website. Holocaust imagery and the calling of IDF soldiers Nazis - all the stuff that usually causes an uproar and gives politicians an excuse to take to the airwaves to issue sharp criticism.
The interesting thing is, there are no politicians expressing righteous indignation. And the JPost is the only mainstream website with the article at all, Ynetnews.com and Haaretz seem to be out of the loop.
Puzzling, no?
Not when you read the article. It seems that the ones using Holocaust imagery and calling IDF soldiers are the "ladies" of Machsom Watch (Checkpoint Watch).
Although their official spokesman denies this, the article quotes soldiers who were called Nazis by them, and there is a direct quote by a member of Machsom Watch that agrees with the comparison of a checkpoint to a concentration camp.
As usual, if you are a radical left organization you can get a free ride in the Israeli press.
Kudos to the Jerusalem Post for carrying the article.
posted by westbankmama at 1:02 PM
3 Comments:
can the left be more offensive?
*shudder*
it's frightening how many self-hating jews there are, both in israel and in the US. to belittle the memory of those murdered in the holocaust and accuse OUR OWN soldiers of being nazis is not only disgusting, but sick.
these are the same people who show pity and comfort to the "poor" "palestinian" families who lose their loved ones when they blow up innocent israelis. i know, if we coddle the terrorists, maybe then they'll stop attacking us. this strikes me as very similar to stockholm syndrome, when the victims begin to identify with their captors.
ugh.
Horrid, and from our own...
The double-standard really bothers me. When some people who were against the disengagement used the same terms, everyone jumped on them.
Now, nothing.
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