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May 5, 2016

Israeli Army General Compares Israel to 1930s Germany, Walks Back Remarks
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And an Israeli army general has compared modern-day Israel to
"nauseating trends" in 1930s Germany. The Israeli military's deputy
chief of staff, Major General Yair Golan, made the remarks Wednesday
evening on Holocaust Remembrance Day, saying: "After all, there is
nothing simpler and easier than hating the foreigner, there is nothing
easier and simpler than arousing fears and intimidating, there is
nothing easier and simpler than becoming bestial, forgoing principles
and becoming smug." Following a firestorm, he was forced to walk back
the comments, saying he had not "intended to compare Israel to Nazi
Germany."


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