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Arab Media Invokes Holocaust Analogies, Anti-Semitism in Commenting on Gaza Crisis - Introduction
Posted: January 7, 2009
Arab newspapers are running articles and opinion pieces with age-old anti-Semitic images and motifs to critique Israel's operation in Gaza, using blood-libel, stereotypical depictions of Jews, comparisons to the Nazis, and allegations of Jewish domination of the United States, the United Nations and the world.
This report features translations of articles that have appeared in the Arab media in response to Israel's efforts to stop Hamas rockets from falling in civilian areas.
Material in this compilation was translated by ADL from the original Arabic or is otherwise from English language sources in the Middle East.
Posted: January 7, 2009
Arab Media Invokes Holocaust Analogies, Anti-Semitism in Commenting on Gaza Crisis-Jordan
• "…They want to spread death and ruin, through which they apply Yehoshua Ben Noun's legacy… Here are his descendents – they do not revolt or rebel against the text. Furthermore, they literally stick to it. The testimonies of the survivors of the Holocaust and the field annihilation that they commit in cold blood and mean and barbaric intentions – are all definite proof that what they say is a lie, as well as the targets they claim that they would like to achieve through the open massacre in the Gaza Strip…
"They are sure that the unlimited political and diplomatic support that they have in some international decision making capitals and the continuous hypocrisy in some important international capitals think that the Holocaust committed by Israeli Fascists against the Gaza inhabitants is merely self defense and for protecting its civilians…Do they think that the Palestinian people are unnecessary and need to be annihilated? Is this why they entrusted the task to the Holocaust survivors' descendants so that they would commit their own Holocaust against Palestinian children, women and elders?...The destiny of Olmert, Barak and Livni and all of the Fascists supporting their criminal campaign against Gaza, will only be in history's garbage."
-- (Excerpt from "Gaza is Facing the Invaders with a Legendary Withstanding: The Israeli Holocaust is Targeting Children and Annihilating Entire Families" Ar-Rai, January 6, 2009 and
• Hamed Jad: "The Israeli Barbarism is Continuing to Perpetrate the Holocaust against Children and Women in Gaza," -- (Al-Ghad, January 6, 2009)
• "This is a Holocaust in every sense of the word – this is what happened and is still happening in Gaza. This is a collective annihilation war against the Palestinian people… Gaza's Holocaust scraped off many wounds among the Palestinians, the Arabs and the peace-loving forces… Gaza's Holocaust brought back the Nazi and Fascist crimes against the world's people to mind, but under a new and modern cover imposed by the scientific advancement of destructive weapons which this entity has…" -- (Dr. Fayez Rashid, "Gaza's Holocaust and More about Knowing this Enemy," Ad-Dustur, January 2, 2009. This article also appeared on the UAE's Al-Khalij on January 4, 2009).
• "…This Israeli collective killing of the Palestinians needs desperately Arab and European support, since this is an annihilation campaign against the deprived Palestinian people…What is needed… to stop the human tragedy committed by the Nazi, racist and Fascist Israeli forces, with the support of the USA…" ('Abdalla Muhammad al-Qaq: "The Israeli Holocaust in Gaza," Ad-Dustur, December 31, 2008).
Arab Media Invokes Holocaust Analogies, Anti-Semitism in Commenting on Gaza Crisis - Qatar
Posted: January 7, 2009
• "…We have to elevate the level of the encounter with Zionism to the level of provocation…by cutting the relationship with the Zionist injustice state….The Zionists are spread all over the world and are connected through tribal bigotry with solid close ties…Israel was established by the money of the money owners… they enslaved the stupid American people, and took advantage of the Christianity complex and its historical persecution of the Jews. They bought the consciences of the Western politicians, who have no conscience; they mislead the blind European people in their favor; and they controlled the betraying Arab leaders…The World's Jews should know that their participation in our massacre will not pass silently, even if they stop feeding this cancer which they planted in the heart of our nation…" --(Muhammad Ben al-Mukhtar ash-Shanqiti: "Gaza's Holocaust - A Chance for the Greater Encountering," Al-Watan, January 5, 2009).
• "…We did not succeed in complaining in front of the American administration, which is saying, after any massacre or Holocaust, that Israel has the right to defend its citizens…" -- (Muhammad Ibrahim Khater: "Israel Received Green Light from Arab Countries," Al-Watan, January 1, 2009).
Arab Media Invokes Holocaust Analogies, Anti-Semitism in Commenting on Gaza Crisis- Saudi Arabia
• "50 Martyrs in the Holocaust and 120 IDF Soldiers were Killed and Wounded; Savage Battles in Gaza: 3 Israeli Soldiers were Killed and 30 Wounded in a Measured Operation," -- (Headline from Al-Yaum, January 6, 2009).
• "…The Zionist terrorism is exceeding other kinds of terrorism. It became a Nazi symbol similar to what Hitler did…" -- (Yousef al-Kuweilit, "From the Crusade Wars to the Zionist Wars!" Ar-Riyadh, January 6, 2009).
Arab Media Invokes Holocaust Analogies, Anti-Semitism in Commenting on Gaza Crisis Syria
• "…We will then see that the basic component of this picture needs high level linguistic skills in order to accurately speak about it. If you say: what Israel is committing against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip is a butchery or massacre or even Holocaust and collective annihilation, then you are afraid that the expression is cheating you and that you are negligent in expressing yourself…" -- (Ghazi ad-Dada, "The Holocaust and the Secret Understanding Partnership," Tishrin, January 6, 2009).
Arab Media Invokes Holocaust Analogies, Anti-Semitism in Commenting on Gaza Crisis- United Arab Emirates
• Ra'ed Laqi: "Gaza's Holocaust: Bush is Rushing into his Last Battle and is Insisting on Israel's Conditions," -- (Al-Khali, January 6, 2009).
• "…the results of the Holocaust in its 9th day are more than 3000 martyrs and wounded… He (Olmert) said, as the ground stage of the Holocaust started…" -- ("The Holocausts' 9th Day: The Resistance is Encountering the Invasion…" Al-Khalij, January 5, 2009).
• The United Arab Emirates daily, Al-Khalij, has a special section called "Gaza's Holocaust," which is updated daily.
Arab Media Invokes Holocaust Analogies, Anti-Semitism in Commenting on Gaza Crisis -UK Arabic-Language Papers
Posted: January 7, 2009
• Ashraf al-Hor: "Israel is Continuing its Holocaust in Gaza; Two Families were Entirely Killed," -- (Al-Quds al-'Arabi, January 6, 2009).
• Sa'id Mabshur: "2008 or the Year of Arab Ashes – A Holocaust in a Big Prison Called Gaza" -- (Al-Quds al-'Arabi, January 6, 2009).