Have you seen the comparison I share below? It’s meant to imply that there is an equivalency between Jews and Nazis. In the bottom photo, taken during World War II, Jews stand before a trench awaiting extrajudicial execution. This is a moment in the Judeocide, an event that saw the extermination of millions of Jews by Nazis and their allies. The top photo shows Palestinians who have been captured by Israel soldiers in the ongoing war between the state of Israel and the terrorist organization Hamas (and allied terrorist groups). The captives are not kneeling before a trench. They will not be executed. They will be taken to a detention facility and processed. There they will be fed, given clean water, and receive medical attention. Eventually, they will face an orderly judicial process.
Bad analogies are always in season, but this one isn’t merely bad, it’s dishonest. You might think it unnecessary to debunk the crude lie implied by this comparison, such an obvious piece of antisemitic propaganda, but intelligent people are sharing this image and they don’t think it’s antisemitic. They will tell you that there is a difference between antisemitism and criticisms of the Israeli military campaign in Gaza and what they claim is the larger project, a white settler project called Zionism, i.e., the colonization of Palestine by European Jewry.
The word “humiliation” is being heard quite a bit from the antisemitic left (if we can even characterize woke progressivism is left). But it’s hard to avoid humiliation when you’re a prisoner of war and suffer the consequences that come with the choices you made. You lost the battle and were captured. Captured Nazis were also humiliated. Even worse, perhaps you surrendered; you’re supposed to go down fighting. Your chance to be martyred gone, you will soon face justice for your crimes against humanity.
But why are they stripped to their waist? That’s not obvious? The original fascists didn’t routinely wear bomb vests and explosive belts, so it’s hard to find images of Nazis stripped down to their torsos. This wasn’t done to humiliate the prisoners in Gaza; it was done for the protection of the soldiers who have taken them captive. Why does the IDF share these pictures? To show the progress the Israeli military is making in neutralizing the threat to their countrymen. It’s the propagandist on the other side who misrepresents the situation the images convey.
There’s no rational justification for Hamas action. There is no rational justification for standing with Hamas. Hamas is a death cult. At best, there is only unexamined Jew-hatred. Even among some Jews, tragically. It’s an obvious point, I know, but even intelligent people are made stupid by ideology.
Emotions are running high. I’m aware that susceptibility to this sort of propaganda is great. So always keep in mind October 7, when sharia supremacists, clerical fascists, carried out a pogrom against Jews as part of a project to eliminate Jews in the region, a project with a long history (see Jew-Hatred in the Arab-Muslim World: An Ancient and Persistent Hatred). That is what the chants of “intifada” are all about. Basem Naim, former Palestinian minister of health and a member of the political bureau of Hamas, said, “The battle was fought and won on 7 October. That marked a strategic victory for the Palestinian people on the path to liberation, despite the high costs we have paid and will continue to pay on this journey.”
Know that Hamas actions are taken in the furtherance of a goal whose analog is Nazism. Hamas are not liberators. They are not freedom fighters. They are today’s Nazis. They seek totalitarian ends. And now they are prisoners of war. Good riddance to them.
As human beings, all prisoners of war deserve mercy. As fascists, they gave up any hope of enjoying the respect of decent people. May they be treated humanely and receive the justice due them. I will drink tonight to their capture and the crushing of the Party of God. May reason and civilization and the forces that defend human decency prevail over the forces of barbarism. This is an existential war. Understand this. It’s in moments like this that the enemies of freedom and reason make themselves known. They are among us.
Stripped down terrorists in Gaza is not a sign of genocide. Photos of Nazis standing naked Jews before slit trenches is. Stripping Hamas terrorists is a rational and standard step that must be taken when dealing with people who have no concern for human life, not even their own. These are the worst human beings on the planet—perhaps in history. They raped their captives before executing them. They burn alive in their cars civilians attempting to escape them. The analogy is not between Jews and Nazis; it’s between Muslims and Nazis. The war waged on the civilized world by this deranged ideology is waged on one side by people who were either found or made sociopathic. Those on the other side, the Jews, are once more facing the evil force of antisemitism.
I leave you with a voice of reason:
freedom and reason 