oatmeal<p>Quoting David Issacharoff on how Israel is enabling far-right's Nazi history whitewashing:</p><p>[…] The far-right in Germany does not particularly favor Israel and doesn't necessarily feel historically obligated to ensure its existence, unlike mainstream German parties. However, Israel's silence towards them, coupled with the defense of figures like Elon Musk, is a critical step towards their full legitimization in Germany. Israel and its representatives in Germany are aware of this, yet by remaining silent regarding the rewriting and downplaying of Nazi history and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Holocaust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Holocaust</span></a> memory, they are criminally abandoning the safety of German Jews who face concrete threats from increasingly powerful neo-Nazis.</p><p>According to Issacharoff, the Israeli government provides tacit support for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a>'s far-right <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AfD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AfD</span></a> party, which is attempting to whitewash Nazi history. While Elon Musk is actively aiding this effort by downplaying German guilt and platforming AfD leaders like Alice Weidel, who has made historically revisionist and antisemitic statements, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Netanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netanyahu</span></a> defends Musk and the Israeli embassy in Germany focuses on alleged Muslim and leftist antisemitism, contradicting German data that identifies the far-right as the primary source of antisemitism. This alignment serves mutual interests in demonizing Palestinians and undermining international law, but dangerously legitimizes neo-Nazis and endangers German Jews. What could go wrong?</p><p><a href="https://www.haaretz.co.il/opinions/2025-02-04/ty-article-opinion/.premium/00000194-d122-daba-a3d5-dd2a980f0000" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">haaretz.co.il/opinions/2025-02</span><span class="invisible">-04/ty-article-opinion/.premium/00000194-d122-daba-a3d5-dd2a980f0000</span></a> or <a href="https://archive.is/yxKpa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.is/yxKpa</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>See also an earlier piece in English on the subject by this author:</p><p>Germany's Far Right Is Rewriting the Holocaust. Will Israel and Netanyahu Let It Slide? <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/haaretz-today/2025-01-27/ty-article/.highlight/germanys-far-right-is-rewriting-the-holocaust-will-netanyahu-let-it-slide/00000194-a8d2-dbc9-a59f-acfbb5f50000" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">haaretz.com/israel-news/haaret</span><span class="invisible">z-today/2025-01-27/ty-article/.highlight/germanys-far-right-is-rewriting-the-holocaust-will-netanyahu-let-it-slide/00000194-a8d2-dbc9-a59f-acfbb5f50000</span></a> or <a href="https://archive.is/1nZyt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.is/1nZyt</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>israel</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraelOccupation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsraelOccupation</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraelWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsraelWarCrimes</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AfD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AfD</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nazism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nazism</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antisemitism</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RightWingExtremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightWingExtremism</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HistoricalRevisionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalRevisionism</span></a></p>