Canada’s politicians and media are outraged over graffiti at the Ottawa Holocaust monument. But, what’s truly appalling is the use of the 80-year-old Nazi holocaust to justify Israel’s ongoing one.
On Sunday night the National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa was vandalized with red paint stating, “feed me”. It’s a strange message that might be a reference to Israel starving Palestinians in Gaza.
It’s also odd timing as it took place the same night Israel kidnapped Greta Thunberg and the rest of the Madeleen freedom flotilla boat seeking to defy the 20-year illegal Israeli blockade of Gaza. It succeeded in diverting attention from Israel’s crimes on the high seas.
To sort out the meaning of this graffiti, it is necessary to take an historical step back.
The National Holocaust Monument was instigated by Conservative MP Tim Uppal. The Stephen Harper acolyte decided to push for the monument after a Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee sponsored trip to Israel’s Yad Vashem in 2010. At about the same time Uppal spoke at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and sponsored a House of Commons resolution condemning Israeli Apartheid Week, which social justice activists organized on many university campuses. (more...)
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