Such selective outrage

Victoria is currently experiencing shocking bushfires that have claimed countless lives.

One fire-fighter told Melbourne’s Herald Sun newspaper that the scenes were like a “Holocaust”.

A leading Muslim leader recently said that the Holocaust was being used by Israel to justify Israeli violence against Palestinians, which is “just as ugly as the Holocaust”.

Jewish leaders condemned the Muslim leader for daring to use the term “Holocaust” and minimising the trauma of the Jewish Holocaust in World War II.

Personally speaking, I don’t apply the term “Holocaust” to describe Israel’s barbarity in Palestine, but I’m willing to bet that no Jewish leaders will complain about the fire-fighter’s use of the word.

God forbid somebody slam the Gaza war and imply that Jews should know better because of the Holocaust.

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