Israel empört über Selenskyjs Holocaust-Vergleiche

Der ukrainische Präsident Wolodymyr Selenskyj Mitte März in einem Video auf Facebook | Bild: AP
REDE VOR DER KNESSET
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Wolodymyr Selenskyj fordert vor Knesset-Abgeordneten Waffenhilfe für die Ukraine. Registriert wird in Israel aber vor allem ein historischer Vergleich. Der ukrainische Präsident versucht, die Wogen zu glätten.

Wolodymyr Selenskyjs scharfe Kritik an Israel und seine historischen Vergleiche in einer Rede vor den Mitgliedern der Knesset haben in dem Land entschiedenen Widerspruch hervorgerufen. Der ukrainische Präsident hatte sich am Sonntagabend in einer live übertragenen Videoansprache an die Parlamentarier und die Regierung gewandt. Darin geißelte er Israel für seine Weigerung, der Ukraine Waffen wie etwa das Raketenabwehrsystem „Iron Dome“ zur Verfügung zu stellen, um sich gegen die russische Invasion zu wehren.

Auch dass Israel sich den Sanktionen gegen Russland bislang nicht angeschlossen habe und nur beschränkt ukrainische Flüchtlinge aufnehme, kritisierte er. Dies sei die Entscheidung des israelischen Volks, sagte Selenskyj, aber „ihr müsst dann mit eurer Antwort leben“.

Selenskyj behauptete in diesem Zusammenhang, die russische Führung verwende gegenüber der Ukraine die gleiche Sprache wie seinerzeit die Nazis, als sie den Völkermord an den Juden planten. „Ihr erinnert euch gut an die ‚Endlösung‘ der jüdischen Frage“, sagte er, an die israelischen Zuhörer gerichtet. „Hört euch an, was nun in Moskau gesagt wird, hört, wie sie diese Wörter wieder sagen: ‚Endlösung‘. Aber dieses Mal in Bezug auf uns, auf die ukrainische Frage.“ » |Von Christian Meier, Tel Aviv | Montag, 21. März 2022

Zelenskiy Compares Russian Offensive to Nazi Germany

THE GUARDIAN: Zelenskiy told Israeli legislators they would have to live with the choices they make on whether to help protect Ukraine against the Russian invasion.

Addressing the Knesset via video link on Sunday, he drew comparisons between the Russian offensive and the “final solution” – the plan by Nazi Germany to exterminate Jews.

”He also questioned Israel’s reluctance to sell the Iron Dome defence system to Ukraine. He said:

Everybody knows that your missile defence systems are the best and that you can definitely help our people, save the lives of Ukrainians, of Ukrainian Jews.

We can ask why we can’t receive weapons from you, why Israel has not imposed powerful sanctions on Russia or is not putting pressure on Russian business. Either way, the choice is yours to make, brothers and sisters, and you must then live with your answer, the people of Israel.

Russia denies targeting civilians in what it calls its “special military operation” in Ukraine. » | Nadia Khomami | Sunday, March 20, 2022

Watch (Listen to) the speech here.

I Back Kosher Animal Killing, Says David Cameron: PM Says He Will Defend Religious Slaughter of Animals in Britain During His Trip to Israel

MAIL ONLINE: Prime Minister told Israeli Knesset on his 'watch' there will be no ban on the production of kosher meat / He said his message is clear, Britain 'opposes boycotts of Israel' / His pro-Jewish speech came as leading British vet called for a ban on traditional kosher and halal meat, calling for more humane methods

David Cameron yesterday vowed to defend the religious slaughter of animals in Britain.

In a strongly pro-Jewish speech to the Israeli Knesset, Mr Cameron said he would never allow a ban on the production of kosher meat, despite a call from Britain’s leading vet for it to be replaced by more humane methods.

Earlier this month, John Blackwell, president-elect of the British Veterinary Association, called for a ban on the traditional production of both kosher and halal meat.

He said the practice of slitting animals’ throats and allowing them to bleed to death caused unnecessary suffering - and suggested animals should be stunned first.

Several Tory MPs have also called for a ban on a method of slaughter used to kill an estimated 600,000 animals a week in British abattoirs.

But, to applause from Israeli MPs yesterday, Mr Cameron, who attempted to speak Hebrew, praised the Jewish community’s integration into British society, and said he would never allow a ban on religious slaughter, known as Schechita.

He said: ‘The Jewish community has been an absolute exemplar in integrating into British life in every way but integration doesn’t mean that you have to give up things that you hold very dear in your religion.

'When people challenged kosher Shechita. I have defended it. » | Jason Groves | Thursday, March 13, 2014

David Cameron Condemns 'Barbaric' Missile Attack on Israel

David Cameron addresses Israeli lawmakers in the Knesset

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Prime Minister David Cameron condemns "indiscriminate" attack as 50 missiles from Gaza Strip fired into southern Israel during official visit

David Cameron tonight condemned a "barbaric" missile attack on Israel that struck on the first day of his visit to the country.

Militants fired as many as 50 missiles from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel, in the biggest single attack in two years. Israeli tanks responded by firing shells at a suspected launch site within Palestinian territory.

The attack came on the day Mr Cameron told the Israeli Parliament he would offer "rock solid" support to Israel in defending itself and condemned "despicable" efforts by Iran to ship missiles to terrorist groups.

The Islamic Jihad group claimed responsibility for the attack. Three of the missiles were shot down by Israeli Iron Dome system, while others fell near a petrol station, a library and on open countryside, local reports said.

Mr Cameron said: “These attacks are completely indiscriminate, aimed at civilian populations and people indiscriminately, and that is a demonstration of how barbaric they are. » | Matthew Holehouse | Wednesday, March 12, 2014

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: David Cameron pledges 'unbreakable' support for Israel: In his first visit to Israel as PM, David Cameron condemns Iran for "despicable" terrorist ties and reveals Jewish ancestry » | Matthew Holehouse, Political Correspondent, Jerusalem | Wednesday, March 12, 2014

David Cameron Tells Israelis About His Jewish Ancestors

In a speech to the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament, the Prime Minister says his great-great-grandfather was a Jewish man from Germany

Read the Telegraph article here | Matthew Holehouse, Political Correspondent, Jerusalem | Wednesday, March 10, 2014

MK Ben Ari Rips Up New Testament
YNET NEWS: Right-wing lawmaker tears up 'abominable' book sent to him by Christian organization, throws it in trash bin

MK Michael Ben Ari (National Union), a member of the Israeli parliament tore up a copy of the New Testament and threw it in the trash, an act that was apparently caught on camera.

Ben Ari and several other Knesset members received by mail on Monday a copy of the New Testament, sent by the Bible Society in Israel, an organization that distributes religious books.

In the letter sent with the book, director of the Christian organization Victor Kalisher wrote that the new edition “sheds light on the Holy Scriptures and helps understand them."

“We hope the book will help you and illuminate your way,” Kalisher furter wrote.

However, while most MK's chose to ignore the book or return it to its sender, the rightist lawmaker chose to term the book a "provocation," tore it up into shreds and then threw it out.

“This abominable book (the New Testament) galvanized the murder of millions of Jews during the Inquisition and during auto da fe instances,” Ben Ari said adding that “Sending the book to MK's is a provocation. There is no doubt that this book and all it represents belongs in the garbage can of history.” » | Tzvika Brot | Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Israel Passes New Nakba Law
AHRAM ONLINE: Knesset passes new Nakba Law to punish public institutions for any reference to the Israeli occupation of Palestine in 1948 as a catastrophe or 'nakba'

Israel's parliament passed a measure on Tuesday enabling the denial of state funding to institutions that question the country's existence as a Jewish state, in a move criticised as targetting an Arab minority.

The so-called Nakba Law, using the Arabic word for "catastrophe" which is how many Palestinians regard the founding of Israel, passed by a vote of 37 to 25 after an angry debate among right and left-wing lawmakers.

Civil rights groups have denounced the measure as an effort to restrict freedom of expression to Arabs, who make up about a fifth of Israel's predominantly Jewish population.

The law would enable the withholding of funds to public institutions deemed to be involved in publicly challenging the founding of Israel as a Jewish state or any activity "denying the existence of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state." » | Reuters | Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Ben-Eliezer: Mubarak Slammed US in Phone Call
YNET NEWS: Ousted Egyptian leader slams 'misguided' US quest for Mideast democracy in talk with Labor Knesset member

Hosni Mubarak had harsh words for the United States and what he described as its misguided quest for democracy in the Middle East in a telephone call with Labor Party Knesset Member Binyamin Ben-Eliezer a day before quitting Egypt's president.

Ben-Eliezer said on Israel TV Friday that he came away from the 20-minute conversation on Thursday with the feeling the 82-year-old leader realized "it was the end of the Mubarak era."

"He had very tough things to say about the United States," said Ben-Eliezer, who has held talks with Mubarak on numerous occasions while serving in various Israeli coalition governments.

"He gave me a lesson in democracy and said: 'We see the democracy the US spearheaded in Iran and with Hamas, in Gaza, and that's the fate of the Middle East,'" Ben-Eliezer said.

"'They may be talking about democracy but they don't know what they're talking about and the result will be extremism and radical Islam,'" he quoted Mubarak as saying. 'I won't run away' >>> Reuters | Friday, February 11, 2011

Is Obama Losing Israel's Respect?
Deputy speaker of the Knesset weighs in

Knesset Thanks Hamas leader's Son for Contribution to Israel
HAARETZ: In its letter the Knesset committee noted that from 1998 to 2007 Mosab Hassan Yousef helped improve the security of Israelis and Palestinians by guiding the Shin Bet to thwart terror attacks.

The Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee sent a letter of thanks recently to Mosab Hassan Yousef, who for a decade was an important source of intelligence for the Shin Bet security service source. Yousef's father, Sheikh Hassan Yousef, was a Hamas leader in the West Bank.

In its letter the committee noted that from 1998 to 2007 Yousef helped to improve the security of Israelis and Palestinians by guiding the Shin Bet to thwart terror attacks and the murder of innocent people, showing great courage, reliability and determination. The letter said that the committee found it particularly moving that although Yousef was raised in a home and in an environment steeped in the militant vision of Hamas he had found the strength to sanctify life and peace and to eschew violence, incitement and terror. >>> Avi Issacharoff | Sunday, June 27, 2010

Mosab Yousef: Islam Is a Lie


God of Islam Is [the] 'Biggest Terrorist'

Proche-Orient : Israël entend mener sa propre enquête sur l'assaut de la flottille
LE POINT: Le gouvernement israélien annonce qu'il mènera sa propre enquête sur l'abordage sanglant par la marine israélienne d'une flottille turque qui transportait une aide humanitaire destinée à Gaza. Il va également examiner comment maintenir avec des moyens différents son blocus de l'enclave palestinienne. Ces annonces ont été faites par le ministre de la Défense, Ehoud Barak, lors d'un débat à la Knesset sur une motion de censure déposée par l'opposition à propos de l'opération du 31 mai, qui a coûté la vie à neuf militants pro-palestiniens. >>> Le Point.fr | Lundi 07 Juin 2010

Netanyahu at Knesset: Our Right to Self Defense Is Under Assault
THE JERUSALEM POST: "The right for a Jewish state and the right to self defense are two of the basic principles of our people. These two elements are interwoven: Without a state of our own we cannot defend ourselves and without the right to self defense, we cannot run our own country," Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said at the opening of the Knesset's winter session on Monday.

The prime minister was referring to the recently published Goldstone Commission report on Israel's Operation Cast Lead in Gaza last winter.

"These basic rights are under continuous assault, gaining momentum since the Second Lebanon War and Operation Cast Lead. We must repel this onslaught," Netanyahu said. >>> JPost.com Staff | Monday, October 12, 2009

Netanjahu lehnt Siedlungsstopp als «unsinnig» ab
Netanjahu: «Wir werden das Leben in Judäa und Samaria (Westjordanland) nicht einfrieren». Bild: Berliner Zeitung
BERLINER ZEITUNG: Jerusalem/Gaza - Israels rechtsorientierter Ministerpräsident Benjamin Netanjahu geht auf klaren Konfrontationskurs zum Hauptverbündeten USA. Die Forderung Obamas und seiner Regierung nach einem vollständigen Siedlungsstopp Israels im palästinensischen Westjordanland sei «unsinnig».

Das sagte Netanjahu am Montag vor einem parlamentarischen Ausschuss in Jerusalem. «Wir werden das Leben in Judäa und Samaria (Westjordanland) nicht einfrieren.» Bei einem heftigen Feuergefecht zwischen Palästinenserpolizisten und Kämpfern der militanten Hamas- Organisation in Kalkilia im Westjordanland wurden unterdessen sechs Menschen getötet. Ein Expertenteam der Vereinten Nationen nahm am Montag in Gazastreifen Untersuchungen zu möglichen Kriegsverbrechen während Israels Offensive zur Jahreswende auf.

Netanjahu sagte vor dem Knesset-Ausschuss für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, Israel werde keine neuen Siedlungen bauen und Außenposten räumen, die ohne Genehmigung der israelischen Regierung errichtet wurden. Das Schicksal der bestehenden Siedlungen müsse in künftigen Verhandlungen über eine Friedensregelung in Nahost entschieden werden. US-Präsident Barack Obama hatte am Donnerstag nach einem Treffen mit dem Palästinenserpräsidenten Mahmud Abbas in Washington einen Stopp aller israelischen Siedlungsaktivitäten in den besetzten Gebieten gefordert. Netanjahu will aber ein «natürliches Wachstum» in den mehr als 120 bestehenden Siedlungen und damit einen Siedlungsausbau erlauben. Oppositionsführerin Zipi Livni warnte vor einem «Zusammenbruch» der Beziehungen zwischen Israel und den USA. >>> © dpa | Montag, 01. Juni 2009

Brown to Show His Teeth to Iran in the Knesset
TIMESONLINE: Gordon Brown will today increase the pressure on Iran to give up its nuclear programme by condemning as “totally abhorrent” Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s threats against Israel.

Tehran faces a series of sanctions against its oil and gas industries unless it halts attempts to develop its atomic capability within two weeks, senior British diplomats said last night.

Mr Brown is to use a speech to the Knesset in Jerusalem - the first by a British Prime Minister - to make his strongest attack so far on the Iranian regime while pledging an “unbreakable partnership” with Tel Aviv.

“To those who question Israel’s very right to exist and threaten the lives of its citizens through terror, we say: the people of Israel have a right to live here, to live freely and to live in security,” he will say. “And to those who believe that threatening statements fall upon indifferent ears, we say in one voice: that it is totally abhorrent for the President of Iran to call for Israel to be wiped from the map of the world.” Gordon Brown Gives Iran Two Weeks to Back Down on Nuclear Programme: Stop nuclear programme or face sanctions >>> By Francis Elliott in Jerusalem and James Hider | July 21, 2008

BBC:
Brown Issues Iran Nuclear Warning >>> | July 21, 2008

Watch BBC video: PM warns Iran to halt nuclear programme >>>

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Sarkozy unterstützt Anspruch der Palästinenser
NZZ Online: Frankreichs Staatspräsident Nicolas Sarkozy hat Israel aufgerufen, den Siedlungsbau zu stoppen und den Anspruch der Palästinenser auf Ostjerusalem als Hauptstadt eines künftigen Staates zu respektieren. Sarkozy äusserte sich vor dem israelischen Parlament, der Knesset, in Jerusalem. Sarkozy unterstützt Anspruch der Palästinenser: Israeli sollen Ostjerusalem als Hauptstadt akzeptieren - Rede vor der Knesset >>> 23. Juni 2008

BBC:
Sarkozy Urges Settlement Freeze >>> | June 23, 2008

LE FIGARO:
Sarkozy : «Pas de paix 
sans arrêt de la colonisation» >>> | 23. 06. 2008

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Obama Clashes with Bush in Nazi Appeasement Row
TIMESONLINE: Barack Obama today accused President Bush of launching a “false political attack” after he appeared to compare the Democratic presidential hopeful’s foreign policy to appeasement of the Nazis.

Mr Bush triggered a row when he implied during a speech in the Israeli Parliament that Mr Obama’s willingness to talk to radical regimes was a dangerous “delusion”.

Although he did not refer to Mr Obama by name, the Illinois senator condemned the President for using Israel’s 60th birthday to attack Democratic contenders for the White House.

“Some seem to believe that we should negotiate with the terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along,” Mr Bush said.

“We have heard this foolish delusion before. As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: 'Lord, if only I could have talked to Hitler, all of this might have been avoided.'

“We have an obligation to call this what it is - the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history."

Mr Obama has said that as president he would personally negotiate with Iran and offer economic incentives and a chance for peaceful relations if Iranian leaders would forgo their pursuit of nuclear weapons and their support of terrorists. Obama Clashes with Bush in Nazi Appeasement Row >>> By Hannah Strange | May 5, 2008

BBC:
Obama Apologizes for ‘Sweetie’ Comment >>> | May 15, 2008

NZZ Online:
Bushs Vision für einen friedlichen Mittleren Osten: US-Präsident bekräftigt vor der Knesset Unterstützung für Israel >>> | 15. Mai 2008

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD:
Bush Likens Obama to Nazi Appeaser >>> By Sheryl Gay Stolberg in Jerusalem | May 17, 2008

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