Hatred of Arabs in Israel is broad and intense, as was hatred of Jews in Germany.
The industrial murder of Jews, however, was a later development in Nazi Germany. It was not that well known and took place mostly outside of the country. The only concentration camp in Germany was Dachau outside of Munich that was opened in 1938 mostly for Hitler’s political opponents, Communists, socialists, etc. It was not until 1938 that Jews were sent there en mass.
The murder of Arabs is advocated by several Israeli war cabinet members who have publicly declared that they are fascists.
The genocide carried out against the Palestinians is not covered up. It cannot be. Not in the age of the Internet. There’s a long-standing policy of Zionism to overwhelm and displace the native Palestinians. This goes all the way back to Ben Gurion – “We must expel Arabs and take their places…and, if we have to use force… then we have force at our disposal… . The Arabs will have to go, but one needs an opportune moment for making it happen, such as a war.”
Jewish supremacy is a doctrine rooted in an ancient religion, and it is taught and accepted by the majority of the Jewish population in Israel. The religious fanatics in the leadership of Israel believe they are superior and that God granted them all of the Palestinian land.
As Michel Warschawsky, Israeli intellectual and anti-zionist, has shown in his book “Towards an Open Tomb“ there’s an underlying violence in Israel society which exploded after October 7, 2023.
The events of October were proceeded and fueled by Israel murderous suppression of the people in Gaza. They started in 1948 when the Palestinians were displaced by the Nakba and sent there. The Israelis openly acknowledge their policy of “mowing the lawn“. They kept the Palestinians in Gaza on a strict limited diet. Just above starvation. Twice in 2008-9 and in 2014 they “mowed the lawn and invaded Gaza killing thousands of Arabs.
Events of October 7 was a response to long-standing murderous Israeli actions. Things did not start on October 7 as UN Secretary General Gutierrez has explained.
The Great March of Return where the Palestinians walked nonviolently en mass towards the fence separating them from southern Israel was peaceful. Israel’s response was to kill and maim the peaceful marchers. Over 200 people were killed and over 36,000 were injured including almost 9,000 children. They deliberately shot people in the kneecaps.
As Amnesty International reported regarding the Great March of Return, “The devastating toll on civilian lives in Gaza should not be measured solely by the number of Palestinians killed, but also by the number of injuries. Doctors in Gaza have told Amnesty International that many of the serious injuries they have witnessed are to the lower limbs, including the knees, which are typical of war wounds that they have not observed since the 2014 Gaza conflict. Many have suffered extreme bone and tissue damage, as well as large exit wounds measuring between 10 and 15mm, and will likely face further complications, infections and some form of physical disability, such as paralysis or amputation.”
Half of the Palestinians are children. They’ve never gone anywhere. When they burst out on October it was like a jailbreak.Their aim was to take hostages to use to bargain and to free the thousands of Palestinians in Israeli prisons where they are tortured and kept on no charges for years.
Yes, it was violent But this was greatly exaggerated by the Israeli government and military. A lot of the Israelis killed were killed by their own military following the Hannibal doctrine, which is the policy of killing their own people so that they cannot be taken and used as bargain chips.
IsraelI stories about mass rape and baby murder have been exposed as propaganda.
Violence against Palestinians could not have proceeded without the total support of the United States and the Biden administration. Biden even proudly proclaimed that he was a Zionist. The US supplied most of the weapons to Israel in order to kill Palestinians, including 2000 pound bombs which melted people up to a radius of 350 yards.
Israel has intentionally destroyed Palestine society, leveling and turning into rubble everything from hospitals to schools, killing 226 journalists, so they could not tell the story. They murdered intellectuals and poets and are now deliberately starving the population.
There is open opposition in Israel so people in Israel know what’s going on. Unfortunately a large majority of Israeli Jews support it.
That is the difference between the German population then and the Israeli population now.
Michael Steven Smith is the author, editor, and co-editor of many books, including Imagine: Living In a Socialist U.S.A. and The Emerging Police State, by William M. Kunstler. He lives and practices law in New York City with his wife Debby (and Charlie). Michael Smith has also organized and chaired the Left Forum. He is co-host of the Pacifica radio show Law and Disorder and is a longtime member of the National Lawyers Guild and a former board member of the Center for Constitutional Rights. His most recent book, written with his wife Debby Smith, is Parrot Tales: Our Life With a Magical Bird.