Holocaust Überlebende verurteilen Israel für ‚Gaza Massaker‘ und rufen

zum Boykott auf

Holocaust survivors condemn Israel for 'Gaza massacre,' call for boycott

In Erwiderung auf Eliee Wiesels Bemerkung, der die Hams mit den Nazis verglich, haben 327 jüdische Holocaust-Überlebende und Nachfahren in der New York Times Israel des „laufenden Massakers von palästinensischen Menschen angeklagt.

In response to Elie Wiesel advertisement comparing Hamas to Nazis, 327 Jewish Holocaust survivors and descendants publish New York Times ad accusing Israel of 'ongoing massacre of the Palestinian people.'

By Haaretz | Aug. 23, 2014 | 5:24 PM | 49

 

 

Palestinian men look on as a bomb from an Israeli air strike hits a house in Gaza City on August 23,

Palestinian men look on as a bomb from an Israeli air strike hits a house in Gaza City on August 23, 2014. Photo by AFP

 

Ein Palästinenser schaut in Richtung einer Bombe, die während eines israelischen Luftangriffs ein Haus in Gaza City am 23. August 2014 zerstört. Photo von AFB

Letter as published in New York Times, August 23, 2014.

Letter as published in New York Times, August 23, 2014.

Screengrab from Algemeiner

 

Hunderte von Holocaust-Überlebenden und Nachkommen haben am Sonnabend in der New York Times in einem Offenen Brief „das Massaker Israels an den Pälästinensern im Gaza verurteilt und riefen zu einem kompletten Boykott von Israel auf.

Hundreds of Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors have signed a letter, published as an advertisement in Saturday's New York Times, condemning "the massacre of Palestinians in Gaza" and calling for a complete boycott of Israel.

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According to the letter, the condemnation was prompted by an advertisement written by Elie Wiesel and published in major news outlets worldwide, accusing Hamas of "child sacrifice" and comparing the group to the Nazis.

The letter, signed by 327 Jewish Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors and sponsored by the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, accuses Wiesel of "abuse of history" in order to justify Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip:

"…we are disgusted and outraged by Elie Wiesel’s abuse of our history in these pages to justify the unjustifiable: Israel’s wholesale effort to destroy Gaza and the murder of more than 2,000 Palestinians, including many hundreds of children. Nothing can justify bombing UN shelters, homes, hospitals and universities. Nothing can justify depriving people of electricity and water."

The letter also blames the United States of aiding Israel in its Gaza operation, and the West in general of protecting Israel from condemnation.

"Genocide begins with the silence of the world," the letter reads.

The letter ends with a call to bring the blockade of Gaza to an immediate end, and for a full boycott of Israel. "Never again” must mean NEVER AGAIN FOR ANYONE!," the letter concludes.

Full text of letter: 

"Jewish survivors and descendants of survivors and victims of Nazi genocide unequivocally condemn the massacre of Palestinians in Gaza

"As Jewish survivors and descendants of survivors and victims of the Nazi genocide we unequivocally condemn the massacre of Palestinians in Gaza and the ongoing occupation and colonization of historic Palestine. We further condemn the United States for providing Israel with the funding to carry out the attack, and Western states more generally for using their diplomatic muscle to protect Israel from condemnation. Genocide begins with the silence of the world.

"We are alarmed by the extreme, racist dehumanization of Palestinians in Israeli society, which has reached a fever-pitch. In Israel, politicians and pundits in The Times of Israel and The Jerusalem Post have called openly for genocide of Palestinians and right-wing Israelis are adopting Neo-Nazi insignia.

"Furthermore, we are disgusted and outraged by Elie Wiesel’s abuse of our history in these pages to justify the unjustifiable: Israel’s wholesale effort to destroy Gaza and the murder of more than 2,000 Palestinians, including many hundreds of children. Nothing can justify bombing UN shelters, homes, hospitals and universities. Nothing can justify depriving people of electricity and water.

"We must raise our collective voices and use our collective power to bring about an end to all forms of racism, including the ongoing genocide of Palestinian people. We call for an immediate end to the siege against and blockade of Gaza. We call for the full economic, cultural and academic boycott of Israel. “Never again” must mean NEVER AGAIN FOR ANYONE!"

Quelle: www.haarez.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.612072