Genocidal Zionism

This article points out the bases of the Nazi war strategy, and particularly its theory of collective punishment and mass liquidation of civilian populations. This is the current Israeli war strategy as well. Many on the left wince at the comparison of the state of Israel with Nazi Germany. But the comparison is wholly justified. The ideology of Zionism has led to the emergence of an evil gendarme for imperialism that is intent on wiping out whole populations in its pursuit of lebensraum for the Jewish settler colonialists.

Yesterday, Israel's Justice Minister proclaimed that to kill every person in southern Lebanon is justified, because "(a)ll those now in south Lebanon are terrorists who are related in some way to Hezbollah." This is premised on a Nazi war strategy, a genocidal war strategy.

Israel is systematically destroying the civilian infrastructure of Gaza, including its only power plant. Because electricity of required to pump water, access to drinking water is severely limited. Furthermore, Israel's prime minister states that "no one should be able to sleep in the night in Gaza," making it clear that it is Israel's intent to use all methods of terror in its futile attempt to force Palestinian submission. (Link) This too is based on a Nazi strategy, taken from the German playbook.

In the lands they occupied, the Nazis would often kill a certain number of civilians for every German soldier killed by a resistance fighter. They would hold entire families hostage to try to force the surrender of resistance fighters. (Link) Collective punishment is also at the heart of the Zionist war strategy. In the West Bank and in Gaza, Israel regularly kidnaps and holds hostage relatives of its opponents. (Link) It is also maintaining its 10-to-1 "kill ratio" - ten Lebanese civilians must die for every Israeli death. Because Israel fears confronting a people's war of resistance on the ground, it indiscriminately attacks from the air.

Israel today is walking down Hitler's beaten path. But it too will fail: where there is oppression, there is resistance.