Today is the day that Jews all over the world remember the victims of the Holocaust. Even as we do this, the Palestinians and their Arab and Muslim allies once again try to expropriate the language and images of the murder of Jews, and apply it to Palestinians. The word “Holocaust” is being used a lot to describe Gaza. Well, let’s take a look at the difference between the real Holocaust, and the utter misuse of that word to describe Palestinian deaths in a war with Israel.
The real Holocaust deaths (a partial list):
Country Jews Killed % of Country’s Jews Killed Austria 50,000 36 Belgium 25,000 60 Belorussia 245,000 65 Bohemia/Moravia 80,000 89 Bulgaria 11,400 14 Estonia 1500 35 France 90,000 26 Greece 65,000 80 Hungary 450,000 70 Italy 7500 20 Latvia 70,000 77 Lithuania 220,000 94 Luxembourg 1950 50 The Netherlands 106,000 76 Norway 870 55 Poland 2,900,000 88 Russia 107,000 11 Romania 270,000 33 Slovakia 71,000 80 Ukraine 900,000 60 Yugoslavia 60,000 80
The total number of Palestinians killed in the territories since the start of the second intifada: 4,609.
The Palestinian population today (disputed):
Gaza: 1,482,405
West Bank: 2,611,904
The Palestinian population in 1967:
Gaza:380,800
West Bank: 604,494
Someone else can figure out percentage of population growth and the number of Palestinian deaths. I’m not going to waste the time on an obviously spurious comparison. I’m just going to continue to point out the attempt to expropriate all of the language used to describe the world’s crimes against the Jews by the Palestinians, who would have you believe they are also victims of anti-Semitism. This needs to be stopped.
Never forget. There is no Palestinian “Holocaust.” There was only one Holocaust, that of the Jews by the Nazis, with the willing help of Europeans and Arabs, including the ones who lived in what was then known as Palestine—and whose descendants live in the territories today.
The descendants of the victims of the Holocaust? Well, there are none for the true victims. Only for the survivors.
Am Yisrael Chai. The people of Israel live. Long live the people of Israel.
Long live the people of Israel.
I couldn’t agree more. I spent some time at the Holocaust Museum in Israel and all I can say is that people should be forced to review every single image until it’s burned into their collective memories. It’s too easy to be stupid if you don’t know anything about what actually happened.
Long live the people of Israel.
What people have to remember about the Holocaust is not only the numbers or fact it was goaled against the Jews; they have to remember the method- never before was death so perfectly industrialized and so systematically implemented.
And by whom? By the most in lighted and liberal nation in Europe of that time (the only reason why it worked so good. No other nation could have done it better); which means that this can happen anywhere.
This is why we have to remember: so it won’t happen again; IT CAN NOT HAPPEN AGAIN!!! And if Israel and the Jews have to be the beacon (and by doing so attract “flies and other “creatures”) than so be it.
I’m proud of my people, my nation and my country and I pity those who don’t because they don’t know the filling of belonging and they don’t have the courage to change things, they don’t even criticize… To that in the IDF we have a saying: When small people are having a long shadow it means that the sun is going down.
People of the beacon, pay no attention to the flies.
I see Norway is included at a sad 55%. But not Spain, Denmark, or Finland, each of which also tactily cooperated with Germany. Any reason for that?
Space reasons. I didn’t want the post to be too long. You can click the link to see the other stats.
I remember this day as a deeply personal matter, and think of the many uncles, aunts, and cousins that I never had an opportunity to meet, because they were murdered by barbarians, simply for being Jewish.
“Never again” will Jews go timidly to their deaths because no one cared enough to help!
I repeat your salute,
“Am Yisrael Chai. The people of Israel live. Long live the people of Israel.”
Am Israel Chai.
It’s 20 years since I came to Israel but every year, this day breaks my heart, and every year more so. In my work, I have a lot of contact to old people. It’s so sad to see the survivor generation fade away.
Who will keep the memory alive? We all have to do it.
It is sad that people are misusing the Holocaust for there own Propaganda means… more sad is that even some jews do it.