{"id":18313,"date":"2015-04-28T18:00:20","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T16:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=18313"},"modified":"2015-04-25T07:12:11","modified_gmt":"2015-04-25T05:12:11","slug":"18313","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=18313","title":{"rendered":"Op-Ed: Major Holocaust Inversion in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Op-Ed: Major Holocaust Inversion in Europe<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The writer has been a long-term adviser on strategy issues to the boards of several major multinational corporations in Europe and North America.He is board member and former chairman of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and recipient of the LIfetime Achievement Award (2012) of the Journal for the Study of Anti-Semitism.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nThe widespread anti-Semitism in Europe is coming increasingly in the open. The more it develops, the more Israel is accused by hatemongers or by using double standards against it. For many, Europeans this is a necessity in order to whitewash both the continent\u2019s past and present. For some it serves to specifically cover their ancestors\u2019 crimes<\/span><\/p>\n

The classic core theme of anti-Semitism is that Jews embody absolute evil. This extremely false accusation has been propagated intensely for many centuries and has lead to major discrimination, murders, pogroms, and the Holocaust. The notion of what absolute evil is has mutated over the centuries as cultures evolved. In contemporary Western societies, the main perception of absolute evil is behaving like the Nazis, or committing genocide.<\/span><\/p>\n

The massive presence of anti-Semites in the world leads regularly to accusations that Israel acts toward the Palestinians like the German Nazis<\/span>
\n and their allies behaved toward the Jews. I have coined for this severely dangerous hate motif the expression Holocaust inversion.[1] Far-reaching anti-Israel hate mongering is strongest in many parts of the Arab and Muslim world. However surprising, Holocaust inversion there is often combined with Holocaust denial.[2]<\/span><\/p>\n

A number of studies concerning several European countries show that Holocaust inversion is a mainstream phenomenon in the European Union. This has been the case already for many years. Germany is the country where there are most studies available concerning this topic. All these studies demonstrate the presence of large numbers of Holocaust inverters.<\/span><\/p>\n

A study by the German Social Democratic Friedrich Ebert Foundation published in 2015 found that in September 2014, 27% of Germans agreed with the statement that \u201cWhat Israel does today toward the Palestinians is no different than what the Nazis did toward the Jews.\u201d A second similar question was also asked \u2013 \u201cDo you agree with the statement that Israel conducts a war of extermination against the Palestinians?\u201d About 40% of Germans polled agreed with this statement.[3]<\/span><\/p>\n

This year the Bertelsmann foundation published a study which showed that 41% of the Germans polled agreed with the statement that \u201cHow the state of Israel behaves today toward the Palestinians is in principle not different from what the Nazis in the Third Reich did with the Jews.\u201d The underlying poll was carried out by TNS in 2013.[4]<\/span><\/p>\n

Other earlier studies show that there may be a declining trend of Holocaust inversion, yet the figures remain extremely high. A study published in 2011 by the University of Bielefeld was carried out as well on behalf of the Ebert Foundation. It was undertaken in seven European countries. Researchers polled one thousand people per country over the age of sixteen in fall 2008.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the questions asked was whether they agreed with the assertion that Israel is carrying out a war of extermination against the Palestinians. The lowest percentages of those who agreed were in Italy and the Netherlands, with 38% and 39% respectively. Other percentages were: Hungary 41%, United Kingdom 42%, Germany 48%, and Portugal 49%. In Poland the figure was 63%.[5]<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more: Major Holocaust Inversion…<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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