Auschwitz is not Gaza, and Gaza is not Auschwitz.
The suffering of our people in Gaza is undeniable, horrific, and beyond words. But comparing it to the Holocaust neither honors Palestinian suffering nor helps our cause.
These comparisons often come from Holocaust deniers or antisemitic activists in the West who shamelessly exploit the suffering of innocent Palestinians to advance their own hateful agendas.
We can condemn the atrocities in Gaza and demand justice without comparing them to another people's tragedy. Every victim deserves to have their story told on its own terms.
The Palestinian tragedy does not need to be measured against anyone else's to be worthy of empathy or justice. It stands on its own.
I'm tired of these self-appointed "pro-Palestine" activists in the West who think they're helping us by making these comparisons. They're not. They're exploiting our suffering to promote their own ideological agendas, and in doing so, they disrespect both Holocaust victims and the people of Gaza.
@SalemAl55734929@4HF_B1 Not true. There are pronouns for he vs she, and there is of course a difference between men and women in Scandinavian countries. This is completely made up.
@sashameetsrus Well, I think we are all aware that the financial aspect of the sanction is far more impactful and important than your relative geographical proximity or lack thereof. Whether you can see Poland or not is not that interesting.
@sashameetsrus@JohannaNyman5 No. It was the Soviet Union. The Soviet army contained large numbers of soldiers from Soviet states other than Russia - e.g., Ukrainians. It was never "the Russians". Russia: taking the sole honour for Soviet achievements but blaming others for Soviet crimes.
@HenMazzig@LeifSabic The journalist shared his text in several languages. The majority of people commenting wrote that however angry one may be, none of us would ever write “No Jews allowed”. In order to write this, one needs to have conceived this thought first.
@ivy_kundt@TobiasHuch Dieser Gedanke muss einem trotzdem erst mal in den Sinn kommen: aus Frust über Fake-Buchungen zu schreiben, Juden seien unerwünscht. Das kommt nicht aus dem Nichts - den meisten von uns würde dies auch bei grösstem Ärger nicht einfallen.
@KnonTolo Selbst der grösste Frust erklärt nicht, wie ein solcher Satz zustande kommt. Das muss man erst mal denken, um es schreiben zu können. Ich finde den Artikel unkritisch und sentimental. Angesichts der Grobheit des Vorfalls finde ich es unpassend, das Hotel als Opfer darzustellen.
@TobiasHuch As others have pointed out: Even the greatest frustration doesn’t explain how this particular sentence came about. The thought must already have been in this person's head. In this context, I find it totally inappropriate to portray the hotel owners as victims.
More Americans die of guns than Europeans die of summer heat.
European policy protects people against guns, but not heat; US policy protects people from heat but not guns.
https://t.co/nGMpWqPmUk
I currently see a lot of US misinformation about Europe. Just two examples from today: alleged prohibition of AC’s and low pensions in Denmark (comparing private pensions in the US with the state pension (for everyone) in DK, excluding both labour-market and private pensions…