Benjamin Netanyahu Used Holocaust Remembrance Day To Justify Israel’s War On Gaza
Speaking at a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem, Israeli prime minister Benjmain Netanyahu compared Hamas to the Nazis.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has used Holocaust Remembrance Day to justify Israel’s war on Gaza, rejecting international pressure to end its genocide and vowed to defend itself from its “genocidal enemies” until victory.
On Sunday, May 5, while speaking at a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem, Netanyahu compared Hamas to the Nazis.
“Eighty years ago in the Holocaust, the Jewish people were totally defenseless against those who sought our destruction. No nation came to our aid,” he said. “Today we again confront enemies bent on our destruction.”
“I say to the leaders of the world – no amount of pressure, no decision by any international forum, will stop Israel from defending itself,” Netanyahu added as he addressed the crowd gathered to attend the ceremony.
Yom Hashoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, is the day on which Israel honors the memories of the six million Jews killed by Nazi Germany and its allies during World War II
In his speech, Netanyahu also rejected claims that it is committing genocide, saying that Israel will stand alone if it is forced to do so and that “never again is now”.
He went on to condemn the student-led pro-Palestine protests across the US again, saying that ”insanity has reached the most distinguished campuses in the West.”
He claimed Jewish students and Israel supporters were being threatened, harassed and intimidated like what happened in Germany in the 1930s.
A day after his speech, Netanyahu and his government rejected the ceasefire proposal mediated by Egypt and Qatar that Hamas had agreed to and ordered its invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza.
Since Oct. 7, Israel’s attacks and relentless bombarding have killed more than 34,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children in Gaza.
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