Recognition of Palestinian statehood at the UN is not just a failure of diplomacy

Alex Traiman

The American flag flies at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York City, July 20, 2018. Credit: U.S. State Department.

This week at the U.N. General Assembly, more than a dozen countries, led by France, are preparing to recognize a Palestinian state less than two years after the Palestinians carried out the worst massacre of Jews in modern history on Oct. 7, 2023. Palestinian statehood would represent the ultimate reward for the most horrific terrorism, the very antithesis of the land for peace formula.

How could this happen as Israel fights a bitter war against Hamas and Iranian terror proxies on seven fronts, and with Israel’s greatest diplomat, Benjamin Netanyahu, at the helm?

Early diplomatic successes

At the beginning of the war, Netanyahu demonstrated his longstanding diplomatic acumen.

Immediately following the Oct. 7 massacre, Israel’s longest-tenured prime minister lobbied world leaders, including U.S. President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and others, to show their support for the Jewish state as Israel prepared its military response to eliminate Hamas.

These visits demonstrated that, in the immediate aftermath of the Hamas and Palestinian atrocities against civilians, Israel could command sympathy, solidarity and public support of the Western world’s most powerful leaders.

Battlefield victories, diplomatic backlash

But as Israel shifted from defense to offense, the diplomatic tide quickly turned. Israel’s unprecedented military campaign has devastated Gaza, displaced hundreds of thousands, dealt severe blows to Hezbollah, eliminated Iran’s nuclear program, demilitarized Syria and struck hard at terrorists in Yemen and Qatar.

Yet these decisive battlefield victories have not generated any admiration abroad. Instead, they have provoked an unprecedented campaign of delegitimization and demonization of Israel.

The United Nations and institutional bias

The crisis is amplified by the longstanding hostility of international institutions toward the world’s only Jewish state. The infamous 1975 U.N. resolution declaring “Zionism is racism” was orchestrated by the Arab League, which continues to dominate bloc voting in the General Assembly. Decades later, Israel remains singled out more than any other nation, condemned in resolutions year after year, while true aggressors are ignored.

Since then, U.N.-affiliated bodies have repeatedly denigrated Israel. For example, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has acted as a front group for Hamas, sustaining Palestinian refugee status indefinitely, unlike any other refugee crisis anywhere else in the world. The U.N. Human Rights Council reserves a permanent agenda item against Israel, the only country to have such status. The U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) routinely attempts to erase Jewish ties to Jerusalem, the Cave of the Patriarchs (Machpelah) in Hebron, and other holy sites.

Just this week, a U.N. investigative commission alleged that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, following the International Court of Justice hearing a case against Israel for genocide. This comes despite Israel taking steps never before done by any military in the history of urban warfare to reduce civilian casualties and to feed an enemy population. The International Criminal Court has gone as far as to issue an arrest warrant for Netanyahu himself—to prevent Israel’s prime minister from traveling freely to defend his nation abroad.

The United States is one of only a few countries where Netanyahu can safely disembark without fear of arrest. When the prime minister flies to New York, the “Wing of Zion” plane will have to take an extra-long route to avoid flying in the airspace of countries in Europe and elsewhere that have pledged to arrest him. As a result, journalists and members of his entourage are being made to fly commercially to New York City for Netanyahu’s upcoming address at the United Nations. This is to reduce the weight of the flight and ensure that there is enough fuel onboard in case of the need for an emergency landing.

The diplomatic assault on a democratic country and an ally of the West is unprecedented. It is the product of institutionalized hostility and a carefully plotted plan to isolate Israel.

The long delegitimization campaign

For decades, Israel’s enemies have invested heavily in delegitimizing the Jewish state. Gulf states, in particular, Qatar, have funded Middle East studies programs at top North American universities. Oftentimes, Title VI universities were selected, as they receive taxpayer funding to create social studies textbooks for grade schools.

Palestinian-organized “Israel Apartheid Week” has been a fixture on campuses for more than 25 years. Rather than confront this adversarial behavior head-on, major American Jewish organizations, including Hillel, instructed Jewish students to ignore the anti-Israel spectacle, arguing that it was just a fringe element on the campuses. Soon after, Hillel, which is on campus to serve Jewish students, opted for what it called an “open tent,” welcoming organizations actively partnering with anti-Israel campus groups like Students for Justice in Palestine.

What began as a fringe has turned mainstream. Soon after Oct. 7, violent intimidation of Jewish students on campuses across America reached dangerous levels that continued through the 2023-24 academic year.

The boycott Israel movement

More than a decade ago, Palestinians launched the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement to lay the groundwork for cultural and economic boycotts against Israel. The Jewish state has pushed back hard against efforts to promote boycotts, but not hard enough. The idea has taken hold.

Western governments are now beginning to institutionalize boycotts, including but not limited to arms embargos. The situation has grown so dire that this week, Netanyahu acknowledged that Israel may need to become a “Super Sparta,” an isolated economy.

Europe’s demographic transformation

Also this week, in an address to American legislators, Netanyahu asserted that the rapid turn against Israel in Europe is in part due to mass Muslim immigration over the years. Across the continent, virulent pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstrations attended by thousands have dominated public squares since Oct. 7.

Weak European leaders, including a lame-duck French President Emmanuel Macron, are increasingly shaping foreign policy to appease growing domestic constituencies that are hostile to Israel. Such leaders fear unrest in their own cities if they appear to be closely aligned with Israel or indifferent to Palestinian suffering.

It is demographic and political pressures—not faulty diplomacy —that explain why European states like France, Belgium, Spain and Malta are now leading the push for Palestinian recognition at the United Nations.

Digital warfare

Israel also failed to prepare the digital battlefield for a major conflict. Netanyahu calls the information battlefield the eighth front of the war. In reality, it may be the first front—specifically because this is the front where the enemies of Israel believe they have an advantage.

Mainstream media, including most of the world’s largest news agencies, have long displayed anti-Israel bias. Qatar’s Al Jazeera news network leads the charge, funded to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars per year. Major news agencies like the Associated Press and Reuters have footholds in Gaza. Together, these organizations provide articles to thousands of publications around the globe.

Yet today, these news agencies are supported by the world’s most powerful algorithms on social media. Anti-Israel actors manipulate algorithms and flood platforms with bot-driven content. These viral campaigns spread faster and more widely than any official diplomatic rebuttal, creating an overwhelming chorus of condemnation that traditional statecraft cannot match.

Internal divisions

Compounding the challenge is Israel’s own internal disunity, coupled with harmful and counterproductive messaging. Amid an existential battle for survival, former prime ministers, generals and intelligence officials routinely undermine Israel, its war aims and the government on the world stage.

How can Israel contradict claims of genocide and war crimes when disgraced left-wing leaders go on international news programs and make those same claims? Some of the world’s worst antisemites are simply letting left-wing Israelis do their work for them.

The Israeli left has intentionally aligned itself with international critics, motivated less by national defense than by the political aim of removing Netanyahu, as well as religious and nationalist parties from government.

Turning the tide

Israel is confronting not a failure of diplomacy, but the success of its enemies’ long game. International institutions, hostile movements, demographic changes and digital manipulation have combined to create an environment where Israel’s battlefield victories in the war on terror translate into diplomatic defeats in the war for public opinion.

Israel’s international troubles are not likely to be solved by acrobatics on the foreign-policy stage. Israel’s real challenge is to mount its own well-funded, long-term, multifront campaigns—diplomatic, cultural, technological, digital, legal—to defeat its attackers.

The spectacle of the United Nations preparing to reward Palestinians with statehood recognition after the atrocities of Oct. 7 is not the result of failed diplomacy by Israel’s government. On the contrary, it is evidence that Netanyahu alone cannot overcome the decades-long campaigns, demographic shifts and institutional biases that have been carefully cultivated to ensure that Israel would lose the diplomatic battle before it even began.

Alex Traiman is the CEO and Jerusalem bureau chief of the Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) and host of “Jerusalem Minute.” A seasoned Israeli journalist, documentary filmmaker and startup consultant, he is an expert on Israeli politics and U.S.-Israel relations. He has interviewed top political figures, including Israeli leaders, U.S. senators and national security officials with insights featured on major networks like BBC, Bloomberg, CBS, NBC, Fox and Newsmax. A former NCAA champion fencer and Yeshiva University Sports Hall of Fame member, he made aliyah in 2004, and lives in Jerusalem with his wife and five children.

Rafael Lemkin’s Family Fights to Have Anti-Israel Group Stop Using Name of Famed Zionist Who Coined Term ‘Genocide’

Ailin Vilches Arguello

Raphael Lemkin being interviewed on Feb. 13, 1949. Photo: Screenshot

The family of Raphael Lemkin — the Polish-born Jewish lawyer who coined the term “genocide” and helped draft the Genocide Convention after World War II — is taking legal action against a stridently anti-Israel group based in the US, accusing the nonprofit organization of corrupting his family name and legacy.

Joseph Lemkin, the cousin of Raphael Lemkin and closest living relative, confirmed to The Algemeiner that his family is initiating legal proceedings against the Pennsylvania-based Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention, with the support of the European Jewish Association (EJA), to stop the misuse of his family name.

“From our perspective, the Lemkin Institute has no right to use his name. Their actions are completely opposed to what he stood for,” Lemkin told The Algemeiner, referring to his cousin. “He was a passionate Zionist who dedicated all his efforts and resources to one cause: the adoption of the Genocide Convention.”

Lemkin’s father was Raphael Lemkin’s first cousin, and he said the two men had a close relationship.

First reported by The Algemeiner, the institute has used the Lemkin name to advance an agenda of extreme anti-Israel activism, which Lemkin’s family called a “shameful betrayal” of their legacy.

Initially registered in Pennsylvania as a nonprofit organization in 2021, the institute received US federal tax-exempt status two years later.

Since the Hamas-led invasion of and massacre across southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, the organization has shifted toward aggressive anti-Israel political advocacy, backing pro-Hamas campus protests and reaching millions on social media with posts that falsely accuse Israel of genocide.

Less than a week after the Oct. 7 atrocities, for example, the institute released a “genocide alert” calling the Palestinian terrorist group’s onslaught an “unprecedented military operation against Israel.”

Comparing Israel’s defensive military actions against Hamas to the Holocaust, the institute accused the Jewish state of carrying out a “genocide” against Palestinians — the very term Raphael Lemkin coined in 1943. Israel had not even launched its ground offensive in Gaza at the time of the social media posts.

Days later, the Lemkin Institute called on the International Criminal Court “to indict Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the crime of #genocide in light of the siege and bombardment of #Gaza and the many expressions of genocidal intent.” Israel still had not initiated its ground campaign.

Since then, the organization’s vocal anti-Israel advocacy has continued unabated for the past two years, accusing the Jewish state of genocide and terrorism while largely staying silent about Hamas.

According to the Lemkin family, such statements distort history and undermine their legacy, but even more, they disrespect the memory of six million Jews.

“The institute has used this term to promote an inflammatory, antisemitic stance against Israel — completely contrary to the principles he stood for,” Joseph Lemkin told The Algemeiner, referring to his cousin.

“Astonishingly, they have even expressed support for Hezbollah and Hamas — both internationally designated terrorist organizations — while smearing Israel,” he continued.

Now, legal steps are underway to hold the institute accountable, stop it from exploiting the Lemkin name to raise money, and end its Holocaust comparisons.

After first sending letters demanding that the institute change its name, the Lemkin family is now awaiting a response — and if no voluntary action is taken or Pennsylvania officials fail to intervene, the matter will be taken to court, Lemkin told The Algemeiner.

Beyond its communications with the institute, the EJA legal team also sent letters to Gov. Josh Shapiro and Pennsylvania’s Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations regarding this issue.

“The Lemkin Institute, through its very name, as well as its marketing and other materials, represents itself as an embodiment of Mr. Lemkin’s ideology. In reality, the Lemkin Institute’s policies, positions, activities, and publications are anathema to Mr. Lemkin’s belief system,” the letter reads.

“The Lemkin Institute is not authorized by Raphael Lemkin’s family, his estate, or any custodian of his legacy to rely upon his name for any purpose,” it continues. “The European Jewish Association and Mr. Lemkin’s family are outraged by the Lemkin Institute’s use of Mr. Lemkin’s name, especially in the context of the Lemkin Institute’s anti-Israel agenda.”

EJA Chairman Rabbi Menachem Margolin has sharply condemned the institute’s actions and statements, saying it has “weaponized a sacred legacy against the very people it was meant to protect.”

“The Lemkin Institute was established to prevent genocide — not to distort its definition or fuel antisemitic tropes,” Margolin said in a statement.

Raphael Lemkin was born in Poland in 1900 and eventually escaped the Nazis to the US, where he joined the War Department, documenting Nazi atrocities and preparing for the prosecution of Nazi crimes at the Nuremberg trials. He dedicated much of his life to making the world recognize the horrors of the Holocaust and designating mass murder as a crime which could be prosecuted through international law. Forty-nine members of his family, including his parents, were killed in the Holocaust. He died in 1959.

A 2017 article by James Loeffler, who now teaches at Johns Hopkins University, described what he called “the forgotten Zionism of Raphael Lemkin.” Loeffler noted that while “dead international lawyers rarely become celebrities,” Lemkin “has emerged as a potent symbol for activists and politicians across the world.”

Loeffler traced Lemkin’s work as an editor and columnist of a Jewish publication, Zionist World. “The task of the Jewish people is … [to become] a permanent national majority in its own national home,” Lemkin wrote in one such column.

“It is not enough to know Zionism,” Lemkin wrote in another column quoted by Loeffler. “One must imbibe its spirit, one must make Zionism a part of one’s very own ‘self,’ and be prepared to make sacrifices on its behalf.”

Elisa von Joeden-Forgey, founder and executive director of the Lemkin Institute, told the online news site EJewish Philanthropy that her organization was named after Lemkin to “bring his name back into public discourse” but “there was no clear person to contact” when naming the institute in 2021.

“We don’t want to cause unhappiness for anybody in the Lemkin family. We did ask to know what legal basis exists for the complaint, and we have not received any response to that specific question,” she added.

Spain’s PM Sánchez Faces Backlash for Fueling Anti-Israel Hostility Amid Surge in Antisemitic Incidents

Ailin Vilches Arguello

Cycling – Vuelta a Espana – Stage 21 – Alalpardo to Madrid – Madrid, Spain – Sept. 14, 2025: Barriers are smashed by anti-Israel protesters during Stage 21. Photo: REUTERS/Ana Beltran

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is facing backlash from his country’s political leaders and Jewish community, who accuse him of fueling antisemitic hostility after incidents at the Vuelta a España disrupted the prestigious cycling race.

Amid a sharp rise in anti-Jewish hate crimes and anti-Israel sentiment, Lorenzo Rodríguez, mayor of Castrillo Mota de Judíos in northern Spain, accused the country’s leader of “fueling a discourse of hatred” against Israel and the Jewish people.

“The government is fostering antisemitism that will prove deeply damaging for Spain,” Rodríguez said in an interview with the local outlet El Español.

“Sánchez’s moves are less about serious foreign policy and more about deflecting attention from his trials and failures in governance,” he continued. “Spain isn’t leading anything — it’s merely whitewashing Hamas and other terrorist groups.”

On Sunday, anti-Israel protests forced the finale of the Vuelta a España cycle race to be abandoned as police tried to quell demonstrations against the participation of an Israeli team.

In his interview, Rodríguez blamed Sánchez for fostering a hostile climate in Spain, saying the country is witnessing “hatred toward an entire people.”

He also criticized the Spanish leader for failing to take a strong stand on other international crises, including those in Russia and Venezuela.

“We all recognize that the Palestinian people are suffering, but the solution cannot be to blame the Jewish people,” Rodríguez said.

“People are afraid. There’s growing concern because our town was recently targeted,” he continued. “We are being singled out and threatened even though we have nothing to do with this war.”

Before the incidents on Sunday that led to the race’s cancellation, Sánchez expressed “admiration for the Spanish people mobilizing for just causes like Palestine” through their protests.

Madrid’s Mayor José Luis Martínez-Almeida strongly condemned Sánchez’s statement, accusing him of encouraging hostility and fueling tensions.

“The prime minister is directly responsible for this violence, as his statements this morning helped instigate the protests,” Martinez-Almeida said after the race was canceled.

“Today is the saddest day since I took office as mayor of this great city,” he continued.

Santiago Abascal, leader of the far-right Vox party, also criticized Sánchez’s remarks, accusing him of stoking division to maintain his hold on power.

“The psychopath has taken his militias to the streets,” Abascal wrote in a post on X. “He doesn’t care about Gaza. He doesn’t care about Spain. He doesn’t care about anything. But he wants violence in the streets to maintain power.”

Shortly after the incidents, the Federation of Jewish Communities of Spain (FCJE) publicly denounced the violence, urging authorities to respond quickly and decisively.

“Violence and intimidation have no place in a democratic society and cannot be excused under the guise of freedom of expression,” FCJE said in a statement.

“These violent demonstrations fuel hatred and contribute to a concerning rise in antisemitism in Spain, which we have been warning about over the past two years,” the statement read. “It is unacceptable that violence is justified on ideological grounds and hostility is directed toward the Jewish community”

Since the start of the war in Gaza, Spain has become one of Israel’s fiercest critics, a stance that has only intensified in recent months, coinciding with a shocking rise in antisemitic incidents targeting the local Jewish community — from violent assaults and vandalism to protests and legal actions.

On Monday, Sánchez called for Israel to be barred from international sports events after pro-Palestinian activists disrupted the finale of the Vuelta cycling race in chaotic scenes in Madrid.

“The sports organizations should ask whether it’s ethical for Israel to continue participating in international competitions. Why was Russia expelled after invading Ukraine, yet Israel is not expelled after the invasion of Gaza?” Sánchez said while speaking to members of his Socialist Party.

“Until the barbarity ends, neither Russia nor Israel should be allowed to participate in any international competition,” the Spanish leader continued.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar condemned Sánchez’s remarks, labeling him “an antisemite and a liar.”

“Did Israel invade Gaza on Oct. 7th or did the Hamas terror state invade Israel and commit the worst massacre against the Jews since the Holocaust?” the top Israeli diplomat wrote in a post on X.

The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas started the war in Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023, when it led an invasion of southern Israel, murdered 1,200 people, and kidnapped 251 hostages while perpetrating widespread sexual violence against the Israeli people.

Israel responded with an ongoing military campaign aimed at freeing the hostages and dismantling Hamas’s military capabilities and political rule in Gaza.

As part of its anti-Israel campaign, Spain announced on Tuesday that it will boycott next year’s Eurovision Song Contest if Israel participates, citing the country’s military offensive against Hamas in the war-torn enclave.

Last week, Sánchez also unveiled new policies targeting Israel over the war in Gaza, including an arms embargo and a ban on certain Israeli goods.

The Spanish government announced it would bar entry to individuals involved in what it called a “genocide against Palestinians,” block Israel-bound ships and aircraft carrying weapons from Spanish ports and airspace, and enforce an embargo on products from Israeli communities in the West Bank.

In one of its latest attempts to curb Israel’s defensive campaign in Gaza, Spain has canceled a €700 million ($825 million) deal for Israeli-designed rocket launchers, as the government conducts a broader review to systematically phase out Israeli weapons and technology from its armed forces.

Saar has denounced Sánchez’s latest actions, accusing the government in Madrid of antisemitism and of pursuing an escalating anti-Israel campaign aimed at undermining the Jewish state on the international stage.

“The government of Spain is leading a hostile, anti-Israel line, marked by wild, hate-filled rhetoric,” Saar wrote in a post on X, accusing Sánchez’s “corrupt” administration of trying to “divert attention from grave corruption scandals.”

“The obsessive activism of the current Spanish government against Israel stands out in light of its ties with dark, tyrannical regimes — from Iran’s ayatollahs to [Nicolás] Maduro’s government in Venezuela,” the Israeli diplomat continued.

Joseph Goebbels

Naziści też udawali ofiary

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Podobnie jak dzisiejsza Gaza, w latach 30. i 40. XX wieku nazistowskie Niemcy napadały na swoich sąsiadów z zamiarem ich podboju i zawłaszczenia ich ziem. Podobnie jak Hamas, wierzyli, że ziemie ich sąsiadów należą im z urodzenia, a Niemcy są ofiarą żydowskich machinacji i że to Niemcy są uciskani przez żydowskich ciemiężycieli. Tak jak dzisiaj Izrael, sąsiedzi nazistowskich Niemiec nie chcieli zostać podbici – i dlatego walczyli z niemiecką inwazją. I tak jak dzisiaj Gaza, nazistowskie Niemcy twierdziły potem, że są ofiarą ludobójstwa ze strony krajów, które same wcześniej zaatakowały, i skarżyły się na ataki wymierzone w kobiety i dzieci. Goebbels, niesławny propagandzista Hitlera, wygłaszał opowieści niemal identyczne z tymi, które dziś pojawiają się w obronie Hamasu i Gazy.

Goebbels, apel o zemstę (5 czerwca 1943):

„Prowadzą wojnę przeciwko morale naszego narodu; zabijają cywilów, starców, kobiety i dzieci, i ledwo już próbują przykrywać swój haniebny, krwawy terror płaszczem humanitaryzmu… My, dzisiejsi Niemcy, nie jesteśmy ludźmi, którzy szukają litości u wroga nastawionego na nasze unicestwienie. Każdy angielski komentarz, który dziś uznaje bombardowanie niemieckich kobiet, starców i dzieci za całkowicie humanitarną, a nawet chrześcijańską metodę ujarzmienia Niemiec, stanie się w przyszłości dogodnym argumentem w naszej odpowiedzi na te podłości.”

Goebbels, Bitwa o Berlin:

„Celem anglo-amerykańskiego kierownictwa wojennego jest niewątpliwie sproletaryzowanie dużej części narodu niemieckiego poprzez terror powietrzny, aby uczynić nas podatnymi na ich kłamliwą i obłudną propagandę. To niemal krwawa ironia, że zrzucając niewyobrażalne ilości bomb burzących i zapalających na gęsto zaludnione dzielnice naszych wielkich miast, wróg jednocześnie zrzuca grube stosy obłudnych ulotek. Wydaje się, że naprawdę wierzą, iż nasi mężczyźni i kobiety, którzy stracili wszystko w wyniku tego tchórzliwego i całkowicie nieżołnierskiego sposobu prowadzenia wojny, usiądą w blasku swoich płonących domów, być może obok zwłok swoich niewinnych dzieci, i przeczytają te bezwartościowe ulotki, dając się pouczać przez skorumpowaną brytyjską plutokrację… Gdy niebo nad Berlinem staje się krwiste w nocach ciężkich nalotów terrorystycznych, wszyscy z bólem i goryczą myślimy o ogromie cierpienia i żalu, który znów spada na tysiące naszych współobywateli.”

Goebbels, Sylwester 1943:

„Wróg popełnił wszelkie możliwe zbrodnie przeciwko ludzkości, kulturze i cywilizacji. Są duchowo tak zepsuci, że chwalą się tym publicznie. Rabują uczciwe i porządne narody, by napełnić kieszenie swoich baronów. Skazują miliony na głód i setki tysięcy na śmierć z głodu, by uczynić ich politycznie biernymi. Mordują ogromne liczby kobiet i dzieci, mając nadzieję, że ich niewyobrażalne barbarzyństwo osłabi wolę i zniszczy morale mężów i ojców. Bombardują i palą ponad dwa tysiące lat europejskiego dziedzictwa kulturowego.”

Goebbels, Młodzież i wojna:

„Skoro nasz wróg prowadzi wojnę nawet przeciwko dzieciom, to dzieci także muszą odegrać swoją rolę. Podczas Wielkiej Wojny angielska blokada była szczególnie wymierzona w niemieckie kobiety i dzieci, i miała kluczowy wpływ na to, że w decydującym momencie zabrakło nam sił, by stawić czoła angielskiej i francuskiej groźbie.”

Goebbels – na pierwszej linii:

„Oskarżam wroga o brutalny terror powietrzny, prowadzony jedynie po to, by torturować bezbronną ludność cywilną, by zadać jej cierpienie, grozę, ból i śmierć – wszystko po to, by zmusić ją do zdrady swojego narodu. Taka próba nigdy się nie powiedzie. Te tchórzliwe czyny przyniosą jedynie wieczną hańbę narodom, których rządy prowadzą tak podłą i zdradziecką wojnę przeciwko kobietom, starcom i dzieciom… Wróg wie, że wyrządza jedynie ograniczone szkody naszym zakładom zbrojeniowym i przemysłowi wojennemu. To nie jego cel. Jego celem jest torturowanie bezbronnych cywilów, przynoszenie śmierci do ich domów i próba złamania niemieckiego morale. To jego ostatnia próba ratowania beznadziejnej strategii wojennej. Niezliczone zamordowane kobiety, starcy i dzieci świadczą przeciwko anglo-amerykańskim plutokratom. Przyłączają się do mnie w oskarżeniu strategii wojskowej, która drwi ze wszelkich standardów ludzkiej przyzwoitości. Niezliczone zniszczone szkoły, szpitale, kościoły i zabytki kultury podnoszą ręce spośród ruin, by potępić taką strategię wojenną.”

„Anglo-amerykańskie dowództwo wojskowe różni się tylko tym, że nie tylko nie robi żadnych rozróżnień między mężczyznami, kobietami a dziećmi, ale nawet nie chce tego robić.”

Goebbels – Morale jako decydujący czynnik w wojnie:

„Te działania są zgodne z naturą anglo-amerykańskich plutokratów. Podczas pierwszej wojny światowej próbowali zdemoralizować naród niemiecki poprzez bezwzględną kampanię głodową wymierzoną w kobiety i dzieci. Dziś próbują tego samego poprzez terror powietrzny. Nie zaprzeczam, że wrogie naloty kosztowały nas wiele majątku i krwi i powodują wszelkiego rodzaju trudności. Wróg wie o tym równie dobrze jak my, bo sam przez coś podobnego przeszedł latem i jesienią 1940 roku – choć wtedy niemiecka Luftwaffe atakowała wyłącznie cele militarne i przemysłowe – za to dzisiejsze ataki wroga są skierowane niemal wyłącznie przeciwko ludności cywilnej, a więc naszemu morale.”

Podobnie jak Gaza, naziści próbowali przepisać historię, by przedstawić się jako ofiary ataku, a nie agresorów – i twierdzili, że po prostu się bronią.

Hitler: Przemówienie w marcu 1941:

„Gdy Anglia i Francja wypowiedziały tę wojnę, Anglia natychmiast rozpoczęła walkę przeciwko życiu cywilnemu. Do blokady z czasów Wielkiej Wojny – tej wojny przeciwko kobietom i dzieciom – dodała tym razem wojnę powietrzną i ognistą przeciwko spokojnym wioskom i miastom.”

Goebbels, „Opór za wszelką cenę”:

„Jeśli wróg zwycięży, Niemcy staną się cmentarzem. Nasz naród umrze z głodu i zginie, poza milionami deportowanych na Syberię jako niewolnicza siła robocza. W takiej sytuacji każdy środek jest uzasadniony.”

Goebbels – Żydzi są winni!”

„Jeśli przegramy tę wojnę, ci niewinnie wyglądający Żydzi zamienią się w rozwścieczone wilki. Zaakceptują to jako przyzwolenie na zemstę – na naszych kobietach i dzieciach.”

Goebbels twierdził, że nazistowskie Niemcy to „szlachetny i porządny naród, który nie pragnie niczego więcej niż uczciwego i wolnego życia”. Nie do odróżnienia od propagandystów z Gazy, którzy twierdzą, że celem Hamasu jest „wolność”.

Tak – również powoływali się na prawo międzynarodowe i żądali, by ich chroniono.

Goebbels, „Opór za wszelką cenę”:

„Tam gdzie prawo międzynarodowe dopuszcza torturowanie i gwałcenie dziesiątki tysięcy niemieckich kobiet torturowanych i gwałconych na Wschodzie, dziesiątki tysięcy niemieckich dzieci zamordowanych w tchórzliwy i okrutny sposób, ofiary barbarzyńskiego terroru bombowego wroga, wszystkie normalne zasady prowadzenia wojny już dawno zostały przez wroga odrzucone.”

Ta retoryka nie różni się niczym od tej, jaką stosują zwolennicy Gazy. Korzystają z dokładnie tego samego podręcznika propagandy – przesuwają punkt ciężkości debaty z wojny sprawiedliwej przeciwko agresorowi, winnemu potwornych zbrodni przeciwko ludzkości, na rzekome masowe mordowanie niewinnych kobiet i dzieci bez powodu. Wszystkie działania, które doprowadziły do obecnej sytuacji, zostają całkowicie zapomniane. Jedyne, co zaskakuje, to jak niewiele ta retoryka się zmieniła – można by pomyśleć, że po 70 latach zdążyliby zaktualizować przekaz. Termin „ludobójstwo” nie istniał aż do 1944 roku – został stworzony właśnie po to, by opisać zbrodnie tych nazistów, którzy biadolili nad losem swojego narodu.

Wyobraźmy sobie, jak skuteczna mogłaby być ta propaganda, gdyby naziści mieli dostęp do smartfonów i internetu – choć i tak potrafili fabrykować materiały filmwe przy pomocy dostępnej im technologii.

Troska o cywilów w Gazie – jeśli jest szczera – jest oczywiście zrozumiała, ale nie ulega wątpliwości, że dla wielu zwolenników Hamasu cierpienie jej mieszkańców Gazy to tylko narzędzie do wybielania Hamasu i zmiany narracji, dokładnie tak jak próbował to robić Goebbels. Jemu się to nie udało – i ja również mam nadzieję, że im się też nie uda.

Link do oryginału: https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-nazis-played-victim-too-guest-post.html

Elder of Ziyon, 14 września 2025

Daughter of Nazi Who Seized Painting Looted From Jewish Art Dealer Put Under House Arrest in Argentina

Shiryn Ghermezian

Adolf Hitler and Hermann Göring. Photo: German Federal Archives

The daughter of a high-ranking Nazi official, who took a painting stolen from a Jewish art dealer during World War II, has been put under house arrest by Argentina’s federal court as officials continue to search for the missing artwork.

Friedrich Kadgien was an SS officer and senior financial aide to Nazi leader Hermann Goering. Kadgien fled to Switzerland after World War II and then moved to Argentina, where he died in 1979.

In late August, the 17th century painting “Portrait of a Lady” by Italian painter Giuseppe Ghislandi was spotted in photos that were part of a real estate listing of a home owned by Kadgien’s daughter, Patricia Kadgien, in the coastal city of Mar del Plata, near Buenos Aires. Pictures of her home were posted on the website of the real estate agency Robles Casas & Campos, and the painting was seen hanging on a wall behind a couch, according to an investigation conducted by the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad (AD).

The artwork, which is a portrait of Contessa Colleoni, is on the international list of lost art and the official Dutch list of artworks looted by the Nazis during World War II, AD reported. It was part of an art collection owned by Dutch Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, who died in 1940 at the age of 42 during an attempt to flee the Nazis for England. Before his death, Goudstikker helped fellow Jews leave Nazi-occupied Europe. The Nazis reportedly stole or bought under duress more than 1,000 pieces owned by Goudstikker, including “Portrait of a Lady.”

After the artwork was seen in the real estate listing, police in Argentina raided Kadgien’s home, but when authorities arrived, the painting was missing and had been replaced with a tapestry that featured horses. Kadgien and her husband have now been put under house arrest for 72 hours and accused of covering up a crime of theft due to their possession and concealment of “Portrait of a Lady,” according to the local news outlet La Nacion. Police also conducted three raids on other properties owned by the family by Monday night.

Kadgien and her husband submitted a claim to a court arguing that they own the painting. They reportedly claimed that due to the amount of time that has passed since the work was taken, Argentina’s statute of limitations on any claim by its original owner or their heirs has expired. They also suggested that Argentina’s courts maintain custody of the painting until it can be determined who legally owns the piece.

Marei von Saher, Goudstikker’s daughter-in-law and only surviving heir, said she will take legal action to have the painting returned to her family.