Historically the framework of that expulsion of Palestinians was predicated on the use of war as a pretext, as opposed to war as a response to Palestinian resistance, writes RAMZY BAROUD
The liberation of Auschwitz 1945 and Holocaust denial 2025
The proponents and enablers of Holocaust distortion and anti-communism now have increasing political power and influence in a number of European countries, obstructing an understanding of the reality of fascism’s crimes, warns MARY DAVIS
Memorial candles are lit during a Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration event at the Imperial War Museum in London.
VICTORIA HOLMES salutes the brave stand being taken by Palestine Action hunger-strikers in British prisons, and explains their demands
SOLOMON HUGHES finds the government went along with a US scheme to distract from Israel’s lethal Gaza blockade with an impractical floating pier scheme – though its own officials knew it wouldn’t work
SYMON HILL looks at Tommy Robinson’s bid to use Christmas to spread division and hate — and reminds us that’s the opposite of Jesus’s message
CAMERON HARRISON and CJ ATKINS analyse the White House’s new strategy in detail
DENNIS BROE says media ownership is not only grossly concentrated in the US, Britain and France – new mergers are advancing the power of the rich to censor the news
SOON, 80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz by the Red Army, there will be no more survivors to bear witness to what was revealed in January 1945. This tragic lacuna will intensify the already existing challenge to Holocaust memory.
Despite ritual genuflections commemorating the horrors unleashed by the Nazis, it is apparent that the past decade has witnessed an accelerating trend toward the distortion of Holocaust history in mainstream political and public discourse.
Although governments and non-governmental institutions continue to launch important initiatives to preserve the memory of the Holocaust and promote public awareness and education about it, the current trend of Holocaust denial and revisionism threatens decades of understanding and meaningful commemoration.
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