pbel
Gold Member
- Feb 26, 2012
- 5,653
- 449
- 130
The Holocaust or Nabka of the indigenous Palestinians should remind us all of our common humanity and not use one wrong to wrong another!
40 Holocaust survivors condemn massacre of Palestinians call for BDS against Israel Veterans News Now
A group of Holocaust survivors and descendants of those targeted by Nazi Germany have harshly criticized Israeli actions in Gaza and called for boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel.
Following a letter from survivors of the Holocaust printed in the New York Times on Saturday, the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, which helped coordinate the letter, organized a press call Monday, where some of those who signed the letter spoke out against the assault on Gaza.
Participants in the press call included Edith Bell, whose parents died in concentration camps and who was taken to four camps herself; Suzanne Weiss, whose mother was murdered in Auschwitz and who was hidden by French peasants; and Liliane Kaczerginski, whose father Schmerke was a Jewish fighter against the Nazis in Lithuania. Also joining the call were Monadel Herzallah and Hani Jamah, two Palestinians with family in Gaza who expressed appreciation at the descendantsā and survivorsā efforts.
40 survivors of the Holocaust signed the letter and 287 descendants of victims also added their names.
āI resent anybody who will use those events as an excuse to exterminate Palestinians,ā said Bell, who said she survived concentration camps by āpure luck.ā
The letter printed in the New York Times has garnered international media attention from the likes of the BBC and Haāaretz. āAs 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,ā the letter says. āWe 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. āNever againā must mean NEVER AGAIN FOR ANYONE!ā