(Gaza) As hunger grows and relief aid is squeezed by IDF restrictions, Israel was dealt a harsh blow by world court today, saying that the word “Holocaust” cannot be trademarked by the jewish people. Israel had claimed protesters and dying Gazans were violating their rights to the term by using it to describe the wholesale slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza.
“This is anti-Semetic,” said rabbi Abraham Kaughman of the Israeli government. “Six million jews died in the true holocaust caused by the Nazis. We can kill everyone, every one of these people, and we’ll hit three million, tops. That’s not the same.”
“If they called it a pogrom, you know the Ukrainians wouldn’t take it.”
The US president also remarked during a golf outing, “you can’t call it champagne if it’s not from that region… none of these Palestinians are dying in Germany.”
Not all voices are against the ruling. Omar Hessah, a Palestinian man in northern Gaza, said: “my children are starving, please send us aid. This does not have to be a holocaust, please.”
But judges agree that while Israel does not need to kill these people, their death can be called a holocaust.
I would have believed this if it was not posted in an onion community
Satire is dead. Politicians killed it.
This is an oft made comment but I disagree; It's taken some haymakers but is still in the ring.
A 30 year old stick figure TV show that started off by catering to obscene teenagers is still so powerful as to draw a response from the spokesperson of The White House of "that show is completely irrelevant and unfunny and uncreative" within hours of its most recent episode this week. The insecure and dishonest don't realize how transparent it is to everyone else.
Speaking truth to power, even with art a 2-year old could do, will always be valued and impactful.