In fairness it was probably their parents and grandparents who consummated millennia of Catholic antisemitism by turning over Jews to Nazis, denying supplies to Warsaw Ghetto smugglers, pretending that Auschwitz didn’t exist, and so on. But still:
Knesset members visiting Poland for ceremonies marking International Holocaust Day were surprised to see ads against Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Opposition Chairwoman Tzipi Livni in the city of Krakow on Tuesday evening. Posters hung not far from the Israeli lawmakers’ hotel read in English, “Wanted for war crimes,” offering the public an award of 10,000 euro in exchange for information on Barak or Livni’s expected arrival in Europe… “After 65 years, we once again realize that being right is not enough,” said MK Hasson. “We must remember this ahead of the next challenges, like Holocaust deniers, Holocaust cursers and different kinds of anti-Semites.”
I especially like the part where they offered rewards for any information on where the Jewish delegation could be found and captured. Cultural traditions are important and it’s heartwarming to see that some fin de siecle Polish rituals managed to survive the long night of Communism. And yes, of course Hamas is directly coordinating the “progressive” overseas persecution of Israeli leaders:
The British newspaper The Times spoke with Diya al-Din Madhoun, who heads the Hamas committee set up to coordinate the campaign, in Jerusalem. About a week ago, an arrest warrant was issued against Opposition Chairwoman Tzipi Livni, who served as foreign minister during Operation Cast Lead. It seemed as if the effort to put Israeli leaders on trial was continuing full force ahead. Madhoun told the Times, “All the political and military leaders of the occupation in our sights”, although he did not specify its future targets. “This has absolutely become our policy,” he said.
There’s a joke to be made about how this generation’s genocidal lunatics are working with last generation’s genocidal lunatics, but I don’t really have a punchline for it because it’s true.
References:
* Livni, Barak ‘wanted for war crimes’ in Poland [YNet]
* Hamas admits masterminding arrest warrants of Israelis abroad [YNet]
Related Mere Rhetoric Categories:
* European Antisemitism
* Global Antisemitism
* Europe
