[Opinion] UN, NGOs transform Holocaust remembrance into hypocrisy - Professor Gerald M Steinberg
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January 27 is designated in many countries and the UN as International Holocaust Remembrance Day, marking the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp.
This year, which is the 80th anniversary, there will be a number of ceremonies in memory of the 6 million Jewish victims – one-third of the entire Jewish population in the world at the time. Many righteous speeches will be made, with pledges of “never again” and warnings about the dangers of antisemitism.
In stark contrast to these pious words stands the incomprehensible hypocrisy of genocide inversion – the vile accusation that in defending its citizens against a repetition of the October 7 mass atrocities, Israelis have become the new Nazis.
This heinous demonization is the 21st-century version of Jew-hatred, led by the very institutions created after the Shoah, ostensibly to promote human rights and prevent injustice.
Amnesty International, founded in 1961 by Peter Benenson, a Jew and Zionist, is a leader in spreading this evil. Whether in a 300-page pseudo-report that was prominently headlined in influential media platforms or crudely antisemitic social media posts, Amnesty combines centuries of theological Jew-hatred with genocide inversion.
