There are numerous conflicts worldwide where one side is trying to systematically destroy the other population, civilians and all. Whether they are exactly the same or how you define that is pretty secondary to that fact.
That way of saying that the holocaust is a thing of its own, that can be compared to nothing else is simply a way of separating genocide victims into first-class and second-class victims. The only outcome would be to weaken the collective "Never again" outcry against barbary.
Unfortunately this is one of those times where Wikipedia is not useful. Any page related to an ongoing conflict is under constant attack from bad actors on all sides. Go read some books or visit in person if you want to know the truth.
Israel is actively committing atrocities similar to the holocaust and the comparison is fitting. If German jews fought back it would have looked just like Gaza.
There are proceeding at the ICC against at least two countries on the accusations of genocide right now.
Whether it's worse or better than Holocaust is debatable and you can bring up a metric. Did Gaza reach 10% of the Holocaust? At what rate we count abducted children against murdered adults? Do we count deaths or suffering too? Do the circumstances of death with genocidal intent contribute to the metric?
What can we learn from the quantitative comparison of one with another?
There are numerous conflicts worldwide where one side is trying to systematically destroy the other population, civilians and all. Whether they are exactly the same or how you define that is pretty secondary to that fact.
Whatever. Since my last Wikipedia spree on that topic i feel such comparisons are highly inappropriate.
That way of saying that the holocaust is a thing of its own, that can be compared to nothing else is simply a way of separating genocide victims into first-class and second-class victims. The only outcome would be to weaken the collective "Never again" outcry against barbary.
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Unfortunately this is one of those times where Wikipedia is not useful. Any page related to an ongoing conflict is under constant attack from bad actors on all sides. Go read some books or visit in person if you want to know the truth.
Israel is actively committing atrocities similar to the holocaust and the comparison is fitting. If German jews fought back it would have looked just like Gaza.
Look at what's happening in the US right now. People getting snatched off the streets. This is how it starts.
And a large part of the population are cheering it on.
There are proceeding at the ICC against at least two countries on the accusations of genocide right now.
Whether it's worse or better than Holocaust is debatable and you can bring up a metric. Did Gaza reach 10% of the Holocaust? At what rate we count abducted children against murdered adults? Do we count deaths or suffering too? Do the circumstances of death with genocidal intent contribute to the metric?
What can we learn from the quantitative comparison of one with another?