It has to raise eyebrows in Germany when in school, holocaust education is presented as the reason why Germans must permit the current genocide when the natural and correct lesson is to prevent all genocides. But the former case is what is actually happening, from what I understand.
My history teachers focused a lot on the crimes of the Nazis and their rise to power, and after WW2, pretty much only the Cold War, German East-West divide and reunification were covered. Israel wasn’t really much of a topic. We learned that there was conflict and violence between the Jews who went there and the people who already lived there, but that’s about it.
Just one friend of mine learned more about the conflicts and came to the conclusion that Israel is quite fucked up.
I think that the majority of people know very little about what happened, and the “we need to support Israel to make things right” sentiment was an easy gesture of good will from politicians that seemed like common sense and was engrained in the political establishment over the decades (encouraged by the US). Only now this is becoming more controversial. But I think most people still have the position “this is all complicated and it’s too removed for me, idk, terrorism and bombings from both sides are bad.”
encouraged by the US
Also, the US is mostly done pissing away their soft power, so this is no longer a factor.
This was totally not the case when I attended school, and is not part of the article.
Naturally any future genocides have to be prevented. This of course is true for all “sides”. That was the gist I got from school, and it does not help to unravel the current completely fucked up situation.
Critisizm don’t stop genocide. Stop sending arms and impose sanctions does
One wonders why…