Benny Gantz, leader of Israel's Blue and White Opposition appears to have abandoned his plan to form a minority government with the tacit support of the 15 MKs of the Palestinian Joint List. If current reports are to be believed, he has instead moved to forming a unity government with the Likud in which Netanyahu would lead the country as PM for the first 18 … [Read more...]
Senior Rabbis at Israeli Military Prep School Say “Hitler was Right”
Israel's Channel 13 aired recordings (the Jerusalem Post has a highly truncated version of the story) of two senior rabbis at the Orthodox military preparatory academy in the settlement of Eli, as they taught their students lessons on race, the Holocaust, and the evils of "secular pluralism." Rabbi Eliezer Kashtiel lectured his students: "Yes, we're … [Read more...]
Poland’s Holocaust Denial
In an irony of ironies, Poland's legislature has crafted a sort of Holocaust denial law which is, in itself, a form of Holocaust denial. The law would threaten three years in prison for anyone who accuses either the Polish state or Polish nation of being responsible for the Holocaust. It would outlaw, in particular, the phrase "Polish death camps." It is … [Read more...]
The Historical Zionist Case for Fascism
Over the past year, the Israel Lobby especially in the UK has mounted its high horse about the issue of comparing Zionism to Nazism. Calling any such comparison anti-Semitic, it has accepted as a given that the charge is a fabrication on the order of the Christian blood libel. Tony Greenstein, myself and others have countered that the comparison is indeed h … [Read more...]
