Holocaust denial in the Arab world starts in Ramallah

Holocaust denial in the Arab world starts in Ramallah

At best, it’s ignored. More often, the Holocaust is downplayed—its numbers and systematic killings denied; At worst, it’s erased entirely, with conspiracy theories claiming Jews collaborated with Nazis to win sympathy and establish state of Israel; This is how Holocaust denial in the Arab-Muslim world became a tool to delegitimize Israel

Yesterday, on the eve of Holocaust Day, the Council of Kiryat Ya'arim (Telestone) signed a Twin Cities Alliance agreement with the municipality of Taalez in Lithuania -- a town known for its rich Jewish past, but also for the horrors of the Holocaust that took place in it. The ceremony, which received a lot of public relations and media, caused a stir both for its necessity and goals, and for the unfortunate timing, precisely on the eve of the H…

Holocaust denial, as per the best of the divisive and sophisticated Jewish tradition, is not a direct, logical, and multidimensional denial. In modern parlance, this is called "gaslighting."

Erasing history: How Holocaust denial and distortion is fueling antisemitism

On the eve of Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) in Israel, we must renew our commitment to historical truth as the world grows dangerously comfortable with forgetting.  We are commemorating this somber day amid levels of antisemitism unprecedented in the post-Holocaust era. New data from the Anti-Defamation League’s Global 100 survey, the most comprehensive global assessment of antisemitic attitudes ever conducted, reveals troubling layers…