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April 25, 2017

The Pernicious Claim That Israel Exists Because of the Holocaust

Zionism denial.

Even more common than the insidious suggestion that Jews make too much of the Holocaust or cynically use it to their advantage is the related notion that they were given the state of Israel as compensation for their suffering at the hands of Nazis. Labeling this claim “Zionism denial” because it ignores the persistent efforts to create a Jewish state long before World War II, Einat Wilf addresses the corollary insinuation that Palestinians have been allowed to suffer at the hands of Jews because of European guilt over the Shoah:

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April 25, 2017

  1. The Pernicious Claim That Israel Exists Because of the Holocaust

    Zionism denial.

  2. How the Obama Administration Undermined Its Justice Department to Appease Iran

    Letting dangerous arms smugglers go free.

  3. The Palestinian Hunger Strike Has Nothing to Do with Conditions in Israeli Prisons

    It’s about an internal power struggle.

  4. A Great Talmud Scholar’s Appreciation of a Great Novelist

    In praise of Chaim Grade.

  5. The World’s Oldest Jewish Library

    Amsterdam’s Biblioteca Ets Haim.