https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-698104
EXCERPTS: On The View, co-host Whoopi Goldberg stated that the Holocaust wasn’t about race, but rather it was about “man’s inhumanity to man” and that it was between “two groups of white people.”
[...] The incident highlighted a worrying trend that is becoming increasingly widespread in mainstream discourse. Whoopi didn’t come up with this idea by herself. This is a narrative that once would have been unheard of, but now is becoming widely accepted by people who aren’t even antisemitic. Jews are not seen as a minority but rather as white, which means they are powerful and cannot be “real victims.”
Over the last few thousand years, Jew-hatred has taken many different shapes and forms [...] they all share the same prevailing theme – a deep hatred of Jews.
The antisemitism du jour distorts and erases Jewish history to reflect a narrative that is driven by political agendas - one that is intent on erasing Jews and delegitimizing their rights. When unhinged lies become gospel, it emboldens antisemites and provides a cover for their attacks against Jews. Without the truth, the Jewish people’s rights and safety are under threat.
[...] in the same week ... Amnesty International published a report claiming that Israel is an apartheid state. The report, which is chock full of lies, doesn’t once mention Palestinian terror or Israeli security considerations, nor does it recognize the Jewish people’s right to self-determination in their ancient homeland. Amnesty made sure to omit these facts to ensure that the world perceives Israel as a colonialist, apartheid state so that it can legitimize BDS and attacks against Israel.
Even more disturbing, an increasing number of Jews have fallen prey to this false narrative. Jewish progressive organizations [...] promote a revisionist history that denies the Jewish people’s indigeneity to Israel and perceives Zionists as white colonialists. They don’t even recognize their own history.
In George Orwell’s dystopian fictional society of 1984, he says, “The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”
[...] Let’s be clear about the Jewish story - the Jewish people are not victims. We are a people that thrived despite the persecution and oppression we have faced. ... Our secret is and has always been our commitment to remembering our extraordinary past, treasuring our traditions, and passing them on to future generations. When we remember, we can ensure the world never forgets... (MORE - missing details)
EXCERPTS: On The View, co-host Whoopi Goldberg stated that the Holocaust wasn’t about race, but rather it was about “man’s inhumanity to man” and that it was between “two groups of white people.”
[...] The incident highlighted a worrying trend that is becoming increasingly widespread in mainstream discourse. Whoopi didn’t come up with this idea by herself. This is a narrative that once would have been unheard of, but now is becoming widely accepted by people who aren’t even antisemitic. Jews are not seen as a minority but rather as white, which means they are powerful and cannot be “real victims.”
Over the last few thousand years, Jew-hatred has taken many different shapes and forms [...] they all share the same prevailing theme – a deep hatred of Jews.
The antisemitism du jour distorts and erases Jewish history to reflect a narrative that is driven by political agendas - one that is intent on erasing Jews and delegitimizing their rights. When unhinged lies become gospel, it emboldens antisemites and provides a cover for their attacks against Jews. Without the truth, the Jewish people’s rights and safety are under threat.
[...] in the same week ... Amnesty International published a report claiming that Israel is an apartheid state. The report, which is chock full of lies, doesn’t once mention Palestinian terror or Israeli security considerations, nor does it recognize the Jewish people’s right to self-determination in their ancient homeland. Amnesty made sure to omit these facts to ensure that the world perceives Israel as a colonialist, apartheid state so that it can legitimize BDS and attacks against Israel.
Even more disturbing, an increasing number of Jews have fallen prey to this false narrative. Jewish progressive organizations [...] promote a revisionist history that denies the Jewish people’s indigeneity to Israel and perceives Zionists as white colonialists. They don’t even recognize their own history.
In George Orwell’s dystopian fictional society of 1984, he says, “The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”
[...] Let’s be clear about the Jewish story - the Jewish people are not victims. We are a people that thrived despite the persecution and oppression we have faced. ... Our secret is and has always been our commitment to remembering our extraordinary past, treasuring our traditions, and passing them on to future generations. When we remember, we can ensure the world never forgets... (MORE - missing details)