If I remember correctly, the holocaust was caused by "prejudiced hatred of ANY Jew regardless of age, what they thought or did".
A specific word was assigned to such racism: ANTISEMITISM. It applies to *all* Jews, not a subset (Zionists) let alone one or more specific individuals.
Antisemitism lead to the murder of totally innocent vicims, including Anne Frank and my grandfather's Jewish family. My grandpa himself was locked up in Nazi labour camps during WWII (he fortunately survived).
If the definition of antisemitism now significantly DIFFERS from "prejudiced hatred of ANY Jew regardless of age, what they thought or did", then the word antisemitism has become a HOAX.
Worse, everyone abusing the word "antisemite" for anything else, like for people demanding equal human rights for everyone, is a holocaust denier - and therefore have become the worst kind of antisemites themselves.
For example:
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From this place, from Auschwitz-Birkenau, this place which is proof of the desire to exterminate our people, I, the Prime Minister of Israel, the nation of the Jewish people, say to all countries of the world: the State of Israel will do all that it must in order to prevent another Holocaust.
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The only thing that has truly changed is our ability and our determination to act to defend ourselves and prevent another Holocaust. This truth is a source of heavy and constant responsibility – to ensure by any means necessary the future and security of the State of Israel against those who seek our destruction.
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ÜberAntisemite PM Benjamin Netanyahu, with the never ending desire to exterminate other people, speaking at Auschwitz-Birkenau, published 13.06.2013 (from https://www.gov.il/en/pages/speechbitan130613).
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Recently, yet another Hamas spokesperson compared the situation in Gaza to events during the Holocaust.
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If we elect to label every event a "genocide," or equate every event with the Holocaust, then we detract from the real meaning of those words and reduce their ability to represent true horror.
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Avner Shalev, a former IDF combattant, May 2008 in https://www.yadvashem.org/about/former-chairmen/avner-shalev/if-everything-is-genocide.html
Is the world small? Mr. Shalev now is the Deputy Chairman of https://www.auschwitz.org/en/museum/auschwitz-council/iac-members/avner-shalev/ and possibly the author of the Resolution at the bottom of https://www.auschwitz.org/en/museum/auschwitz-council/, which includes:
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Threatened in its existence, the State of Israel has the right to self-defense in accordance with international law and the principles of humanitarianism.
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(Mr. Shalev doesn't care about holocaust victims - see, for example, https://infosec.exchange/@ErikvanStraten/114330446330716729).
Additional information:
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How to Hide a Genocide: Modern/Colonial International Law and the Construction of Impunity
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Alonso Gurmendi Dunkelberg
Journal of Genocide Research
Forum: Israel-Palestine: Atrocity Crimes and the Crisis of Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Published online: 22 Jan 2025
https://doi.org/10.1080/14623528.2025.2454739
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