‘Rivlin took issue with his idol Menachem Begin’s justification for the 1982 war in Lebanon, which was to “prevent another Treblinka.” He said that such an approach consigns the justification for Israel’s very existence to preventing another Holocaust. He described the approach as “dangerous,” one in which “every threat is existential, and every enemy is Hitler.” He decried the division of the world to either “righteous gentiles or anti-Semitic Nazis,” a separation that transforms any criticism against Israel to an expression of anti-Semitism. Instead, Rivlin offered what he described as “a third way” that combines the Israeli vow of never again, accentuates Jewish solidarity throughout the world and adopts the Jewish value of respecting all men and women, regardless of their religion or race.’ Shalev, Chemi, ‘Rivlin Uses Holocaust Day to Challenge Netanyahu’s Darkness and Despair,’ Haaretz, 25 April 2017, via https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.785389, accessed12 January 2018.
Published this 5 years ago. The reference is on p. 284.
I’d say brush up on your history, you know, but we definitely have better things to do by and large.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaponization_of_antisemitism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Chutzpah
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2017-04-25/ty-article/.premium/rivlins-courageous-holocaust-speech-challenged-netanyahu-heres-how/0000017f-e75b-d62c-a1ff-ff7b9ec90000
