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Award ceremony suspended after writer compares Gaza to Nazi-era Jewish ghettos
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this post was submitted on 15 Dec 2023
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I‘m German, currently living in Switzerland and when I recently visited Germany I was appalled by the amount of unconditional support for Israel, for example a HUGE (maybe 10x10m?) israeli flag on the offices of the Grünen party and official posters calling for solidarity. I don‘t even think this is stemming from (however undifferentiated and misguided) historical considerations, rather than geopolitical considerations. Also on the subject of the article, I think that‘s a pretty apt and carefully done comparison.
I feel this really is because of plucking the historical guilt strings and "if you're against Israel's actions you're an anti-semit"
But I am not in the know of the local German situation, so might as well be a wrong impression
Pretty much. It's incredibly tiring
As just some asshole in America, the fierce blind support here seems to come from one of two places:
1- good old racism. just like the Irish, Italian, etc before them, jews have their "white card" with the bigots especially when the "enemy" are darker.
2- Religious nuts who think war around the holy land = the second coming and are going to root for anybody who keeps the war flowing.
What bothers me just as much is the Tagesschau app. It takes absolutely the same stance. There is no nuance. There is no objectivity. The reporting has a very opinionated view despite reading neutral.