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Originally Posted by Chill Cosby
Out of curiosity, and to be very clear I'm not purposely being obtuse or anything like that (since I know that accusation seems to fly once in a while), but:
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.
I could see him being guilty of disturbing the peace as it's clearly meant to get a reaction, I just don't get the hate speech part.
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I can see where one would draw comparisons between the two. For all intents and purposes, Palestinians feel like they don't have the same access to services as their Israeli counterparts strictly because of their race. No matter which way you cut it, that's called racism and racism was one of the defining tenets of nazism. Also the whole settlement issue is reminiscent to Hitler's liebensraum idea, although they're not exactly the same. To me that's where the comparisons stop though. Israel hasn't committed genocide, but the fear is, if given time, this situation can escalate to genocide.
I do think the apartheid South Africa comparisons are more accurate however.