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Israeli foreign minister says arms embargoes will lead to 'second Holocaust' and end of Israel (www.middleeasteye.net)

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Israel’s foreign minister has said that an arms embargo on his country would lead to the elimination of the Israeli state and “a second Holocaust”.

Gideon Saar was speaking on Tuesday at an international conference on antisemitism in Jerusalem.

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[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

wow! you're actually insane!

Holocaust as a word has an ancient etymology meaning ~fire, but as a proper noun it refers to a (particular) genocide. The holocaust did in fact happen and Jews were targeted. Fuck off nazi.