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Former Israeli Knesset member Moshe Feiglin quoted Adolf Hitler as he called for Israel to resettle the Gaza Strip and create a "Hebrew Gaza."

Feiglin, who quit Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party to found the right-wing Zehut Party and plans to challenge Likud in Israel's next elections, made the comments during a panel discussion on Israel's Channel 12 that was shared on social media on Sunday, as Middle East Eye reported.

"We are not guests in our country, this is our country, all of it..." Feiglin said, adding, "As Hitler said, 'I cannot live if one Jew is left.' We can't live here if one 'Islamo-Nazi' remains in Gaza."

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (21 children)

Seems like a nut.

Also he's not in office. It's kinda like getting upset if George Santos said something insane.

I get that people are working hard to find evidence for the "Israel = Nazis" narrative that's currently trending, but kinda scraping the bottom of the barrel aren't we?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Or, here's another way of looking at it. Man who voluntarily left the ruling party of Israel and remains a part of Israel's political class quotes Hitler. Not in the way we all quote Hitler to show that a point of view is wrong because Hitler held it, but rather in the way we quote someone like Nelson Mandela or Albert Einstein; to support an argument because we respect the source.
Meaning, Israeli politician respects Hitler.

Israel=Nazis is trending because the Israeli regime is genocidal, just like the Nazi regime that necessitated the creation of Israel, which is tragically ironic. This news piece is just garnish.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago (6 children)

I see people constantly invoking the Nazis to make excuses for the actions of Hamas. The logic is "Israel is like Nazis therefore everything Hamas does it permissible." It's idiotic reasoning but it's commonplace here.

This guy is similarly idiotic. If you're outraged by what this guy is saying, look at the rationalizations people on here do everyday in support of Hamas. It's the same eye for an eye kind of thinking. "Other side is Nazis, therefore we should do horrible things!"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's not supporting Hamas to point out that Israel is doing horrible things.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I guess you just pretend not to see comments all over Lemmy expressing support for Hamas?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm definitely seeing more comments in full support of Israels actions in Gaza

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't mean there isn't support for Hamas abounds.

They seem like immature TikTok kids from what I can tell, but they're around.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Oh definitely. I'm just saying both sides have their indiscriminant supporters and that one side is way overrepresented in my experience

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I read newspapers in several languages and see your strawman in comments all over the world: Criticizing Israel means supporting Hamas.

In reality pretty much everyone is explicitly not supporting Hamas terrorists while arguing for a stop to the Israeli atrocities.

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