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Can someone explain to me why comparing the Israeli government to a nazi regime is inciting hate or hate speech?
I personally think the comparison is a little ridiculous, as despite their many violations of humanitarian law and questionable tactics, Israel certainly isn't that bad. I can see the general spirit of the comparison though, with some Palestinians feeling like they're the victims of genocide.
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The Nazis had a government program to murder millions of people and were successful in murdering millions of Jews and other people, based exclusively on their religion/ethnicity/etc. The Nazis are well known for genocide.
Genocide is the "the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group."
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/genocide
Israel on the other hand is a democratic nation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
More recently is the Rwandan genocide, about a million people murdered in 100 days:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Genocide
If Israel is committing genocide, what about the drug war in Mexico or what is going on in Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Libya, etc?
Israel absolutely has attacked Hamas and there are civilian deaths - this is no different than battles the US and Canadian military have engaged in this decade. It is surpising what Israel does to limit civilian deaths - not always - but frequently enough and according to posts in this thread, perhaps more than any other military before.
Calling Israel Nazis or that they are committing genocide or is an apartheid nation is in my opinion hate speech. It is hateful rhetoric that is not aimed at engaging in reasonable debate and is only used to incite violence or hatred towards a group.