Israeli professor says Tel Aviv regime ‘lost right to exist’ just like Nazi Germany

An Israeli professor has drawn a parallel between Israel and Nazi Germany, saying the occupying regime has lost its right to exist over its brutal treatment of pro-Palestine activists aboard a recent Gaza aid flotilla.

Ilana Hairston, a psychology professor from Tel-Hai College in the northern occupied territories, drew the analogy in an online Hebrew-language post.

It came following testimonies from abducted personnel onboard the Global Sumud Flotilla and the Israeli forces’ brutal conduct upon seizing the Gaza-bound aid vessels.

Stressing that the testimonies of the abductees from the flotilla were “horrifying,” Hairston wrote, “Just as the Third Reich forfeited its right to exist, so too has … Israel.”

“The genocide state [is] in full display – beatings, being held kneeling with hands cuffed behind the back for hours, denial of medical treatment, degrading treatment, and threats. Not to mention that abducting the people from the flotilla in international waters constitutes a violation of international maritime law,” Hairston said.

Hairston also compared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his cabinet with “murderers and rapists,” saying, “Just as murderers and rapists possess a right to exist in prison, so the Israeli leadership deserves long lives behind bars.”

The Global Sumud Flotilla was near the Gaza shore on October 1 when Israeli forces intercepted the humanitarian convoy sailing in international waters in an attempt to break the naval blockade of Gaza and deliver a symbolic amount of aid to the besieged territory.

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The Israeli military seized more than 40 boats, detained some 450 activists on board, and took them to the Israeli-occupied territories, with Netanyahu praising the unlawful interception of the humanitarian flotilla.

International activists who arrived in Istanbul after being deported from Israeli-occupied territories following the military’s interception of their Gaza-bound flotilla said they had been subjected to violence and “treated like animals.”

The seizure of the Global Sumud Flotilla sparked worldwide protests, diplomatic condemnations, and threats of strikes against the occupying entity, which has barred some two million Palestinians in the war-torn coastal territory from receiving basic humanitarian aid during the past several months.

The foreign ministers of 16 countries had called on the Israeli regime in a statement on September 16 “to refrain from any unlawful or violent act against the flotilla, to respect international law and international humanitarian law.”

The statement had warned of consequences if the ships come under attack in international waters or if participants are detained.

Israel has previously intercepted Gaza-bound ships, seizing the vessels and deporting those on board.

In May this year, the ship Conscience was struck by armed drones just 14 nautical miles off Malta, igniting a fire that nearly sank the vessel. 

The Conscience sailed again earlier this month; however, the Israeli military attacked the boat, carrying 93 journalists, doctors, and activists, before it attacked and intercepted three smaller boats.

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), an international network of pro-Palestinian activist groups that organises these civilian maritime missions, said the boats were carrying “vital aid” worth more than $110,000 in medicines, respiratory equipment, and nutritional supplies destined for Gaza’s starving hospitals.

In June, the Madleen was intercepted 100 nautical miles from Gaza, deep in international waters.

Palestinians in Gaza have been battling genocide, devastation, and famine. UN investigators recently concluded that the Tel Aviv regime is committing genocide in Gaza, where more than 68,000 people have been killed since October 2023.

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