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Denne overskriften er ikke sitat fra noen anti-jødisk undergrunnsblekke. Uttalelsen stammer fra visestabssjef i den israelske arméen, generalmajor Yair Golan, og er gjengitt i Jerusalem Post:
The Israeli army’s deputy chief of staff ignited controversy late Wednesday evening with his remarks which seemed to suggest a parallel between present-day Israel and 1930s Germany.
Maj. Gen. Yair Golan made the comments during a Holocaust Remembrance Day address at Tel Yitzhak.
«The Holocaust should bring us to ponder our public lives and, furthermore, it must lead anyone who is capable of taking public responsibility to do so,» Golan said. «Because if there is one thing that is scary in remembering the Holocaust, it is noticing horrific processes which developed in Europe – particularly in Germany – 70, 80, and 90 years ago, and finding remnants of that here among us in the year 2016.»
Sjølsagt ble Golan nødt til å spise ordene sine og si at han «ikke mente å kritisere nasjonens ledelse». Men det hjelper ikke stort. 20. mai 2016 følger avtroppende forsvarsminister Moshe Ya’alon opp med følgende, sitert etter Haaretz:
«unfortunately, I recently found myself in strong disagreement on moral and professional issues with the prime minister, a number of ministers and several MKs.»
«I fought with all my might against manifestations of extremism, violence and racism in Israeli society, which are threatening its sturdiness and also trickling into the IDF, hurting it already,»
Men europeiske politikere synes at det er på tide å ta ekstremistene enda mer i forsvar. I februar 2016 vedtok den britiske regjeringa at det fra nå av vil være forbudt for organisasjoner og lokale myndigheter i offentlig administrasjon å boikotte israelske varer. De som bryter forbudet risikerer store bøter. The Independent skriver:
Local councils, public bodies and even some university student unions are to be banned by law from boycotting “unethical” companies, as part of a controversial crackdown being announced by the Government.
Under the plan all publicly funded institutions will lose the freedom to refuse to buy goods and services from companies involved in the arms trade, fossil fuels, tobacco products or Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Any public bodies that continue to pursue boycotts will face “severe penalties”, ministers said.
Ikke helt uventet var Benjamin Netanyahu begeistret for loven og uttalte at den var en seier for Israel i kampen mot PLOs boykottkampanje.
