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Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu speaks during the funeral of terror victim Matan Elmaliach at the Maale Adumim cemetery, February 22, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
February 24, 2024, 5:05 pm
Far-right minister Eliyahu warns Palestinian state ‘would lead to a holocaust’
US push for two-state solution a ‘very big mistake,’ argues heritage minister; says reestablishing Jewish settlement in Gaza Strip is critical for postwar security
By Sam Sokol
In this combination of photos, Pope Francis, left, arrives for an audience with members of Roman Universities and Pontifical Institutions at the Vatican on February 25, 2023, and BBC sportscaster Gary Lineker attends the GQ Men of The Year Awards, at the Tate Modern, in London, on September 1, 2021. (AP Photo)
March 15, 2023, 12:56 pm
BBC sportscaster’s tweet revives debate over making ‘Nazi’ references
Holocaust and anti-Nazi scholars and organizations say that while sentiment is sometimes understandable, comparisons to Hitler are concerning and often inaccurate
By Hillel Italie
A plenum session in the assembly hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem, on January 5, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 16, 2022, 8:33 pm
With Zelensky to address Knesset, Russian envoy asks to brief MKs beforehand
In tense meeting with Knesset speaker, Anatoly Viktorov reportedly insists lawmakers should hear Russian perspective before they listen to Ukraine’s leader
By ToI Staff
In this image from video provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office and posted to Facebook on March 15, 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
March 16, 2022, 11:51 am
Ukrainian MP says Zelensky will cite the Holocaust in Knesset speech
People’s Deputy Olga Vasilevskaya-Smaglyuk calls on Israelis to aid Ukraine further, saying ‘Jews remember what happened in the Holocaust and they need to help’
By ToI Staff
A resident sits outside a destroyed building after it was hit by artillery shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
March 15, 2022, 2:38 pm
Ukrainian officials tell Hebrew media Putin’s war is like the Holocaust
Lawmaker Olga Vasylevska-Smaglyuk claims children kidnapped to camp ‘like Auschwitz’ in Belarus; mayor of Mykolaiv says war is between Russian Nazism and Western civilization
By ToI Staff
Screenshot of Al Jazeera video alleging Israel exploited the Holocaust that the network pulled off the internet May 18, 2019, citing violations of its editorial policy. (Middle East Media Research Institute, Screenshot)
May 19, 2019, 9:43 pm
Al Jazeera suspends journalists over Holocaust video
Network says clip alleging that Israel uses Nazi ‘racial cleansing’ against Palestinians was produced ‘without due oversight’
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of Romanian Agriculture Minister Petre Daea. (YouTube)
July 26, 2018, 4:21 pm
Romania minister apologizes for comparing burning of diseased pigs to Auschwitz
Petre Daea says he was only trying to describe the difficulties facing breeders whose animals are infected with African swine fever; opposition party calls for his resignation
By AFP
Former Polish president Bronislaw Komorowski seen reacting after the announcement of the exit poll results of the second round of the presidential election in Warsaw, on May 24, 2015. (AFP PHOTO/JANEK SKARZYNSKI)
April 2, 2018, 9:54 am
Polish ex-president: Holocaust Law a ‘legislative failure, political mistake’
Bronislaw Komorowski says defending Warsaw in wake of controversial legislation ‘has become impossible’
By Sue Surkes
Demonstrators confront police while protesting the acquittal of former police officer Jason Stockley in St. Louis, September 16, 2017. (Anthony Lamar Smith. Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP)
September 17, 2017, 9:38 pm
#GasTheSynagogue trends after St. Louis synagogue opens doors to protesters
Twitter users share the hashtag after police threaten tear gas those sheltering inside, who were protesting a police killing
By JTA
Black First Land First (BLF) leader Andile Mngxitama, July 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)
September 5, 2017, 10:53 pm
South African Jews sue politician over Holocaust tweets
Board of Deputies want Andile Mngxitama to apologize for praising ‘lampshades and Jewish soap’ and attend genocide education program
By ToI Staff
This file photo taken on November 21, 2016, shows Facebook logos pictured on the screens of a smartphone (R), and a laptop computer, in central London. (AFP)
May 24, 2017, 5:17 pm
Facebook only removes Holocaust denial if facing legal action – report
The Guardian obtains training manuals for moderators at social media giant highlighting instances when employees are taught to ignore hate speech
By Stuart Winer
Lars Faaborg-Andersen, EU ambassador to Israel, at the Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference, November 18, 2015 (Flash90)
November 18, 2015, 7:32 pm
EU envoy: Comparing labeling to Holocaust cheapens memory
Those accusing Europe of hypocrisy should explain how settlement expansion jives with commitment to two states, Faaborg-Andersen says
By Raphael Ahren
Outrage erupted over the appointment of Dimitris Kammenos, a minister notorious for anti-Semitic and homophobic remarks, to the Greek government on September 23, 2015. (screen grab: YouTube)
September 24, 2015, 12:04 am
Outcry as anti-Semitic 9/11 doubter joins Greek government
PM Tsipras gives transportation portfolio to Dimitris Kammenos, notorious for racist and homophobic remarks
By AFP
Israeli ambassador to the US Ron Dermer during an interview with the Capital Download show for USA Today. (YouTube/USA TODAY)
July 28, 2015, 5:16 pm
Israel’s envoy to US rejects Huckabee’s Iran Holocaust jab
Talk of Israelis at door of oven ‘inappropriate,’ says Ron Dermer; Republican presidential candidate claims strong Jewish support for his stance
By ToI Staff and JTA
Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee fields questions at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, on July 18, 2015. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP)
July 28, 2015, 3:20 pm
US Zionist group backs Huckabee on Holocaust-Iran deal analogy
ZOA says nuclear agreement could lead to a ‘massacre of the Jews’, Israel threatened with annihilation
By JTA
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