#and this is state cooptation of the holocaust
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#israel using the holocaust as a justification for zionism and its existence has long pissed me off#i dont think we can divorce israel’s long use of it and sites of holocaust martyrdom from actions taken on these places today#like someone threw red paint on a holocaust memorial today can’t just be called antisemitic#without a second thought#(which isn’t to say that it for sure isn’t antisemitic - i can’t read the mind of an unknown person who did it)#but israeli schoolchildren are taken each year by national schools to various sites of holocaust atrocities for a reason#yad vashem museum in jerusalem exists as a National museum of the holocaust for a reason#the permanent exhibit begins with a video of 1930s european jewish kids singing the song that became Israel’s national anthem for a reason#it ends with a large window view of the new city of jerusalem FOR A REASON#and this is state cooptation of the holocaust#the hijacking of the memories of 6 million jewish people who had their own beliefs and desires and lives#in the service of a settler colonial state project#so no i don’t think it’s beyond reasoning that people would take out their anger on israel by pointing out the hypocrisy of the state#that claims to be building the dream of the victims of the holocaust#is literally committing a genocide IN THEIR NAME today
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