Israel’s former defence minister compares settler ideology to Nazism
Israel’s former defence minister has compared settler ideology to Nazism, and accused authorities of failing to investigate Israelis responsible for killing Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank.
In a wide-ranging interview with the Israeli news site Ynet on Sunday, Moshe Ya’alon said that factions within the religious Zionist movement, which is closely aligned with Israeli settlers, hold a “Jewish supremacy ideology”.
“What is Jewish supremacy? Eighty years after the Holocaust, it’s Mein Kampf in reverse. The superior race is us,” said Ya’alon, who served as defence under Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu between 2013 to 2016.
Ya’alon, who also recently visited Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank amid attacks by the Israeli army and settlers, described what is happening in the territory as a “disgrace for generations”.
“The Israeli government is encouraging Jewish pogromists to dispossess Arabs of their land through abuse, including shooting at them,” Ya’alon told Ynet, adding that more than 20 Palestinians had been killed in those attacks. [Continue reading…]