The Perverse Genocide Charge

Israel’s haters surely enjoy the perversity of accusing the Jewish state of the same enormity that contributed to its creation.

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Pro-Palestinian protesters gather near the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, January 12, 2024.

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The spirit of Buchenwald lives on, we are supposed to believe, in the Israeli military operation in Gaza.

It’s nearly mandatory for progressive Democrats to denounce Israel for its alleged genocide, while Tucker Carlson and Hasan Piker — radical influencers on the right and left, respectively — say that the moral offense is the same as the Holocaust, even if the scale is less extensive.

Rich Lowry

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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