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, 2014. Photo by
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.
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